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| Afghanistan | ||
| Govt Opposition Warn of Taking to Streets | ||
| 2011-05-06 | ||
| [Tolo News] Former head of Afghan spy agency, at a massive anti-Taliban gathering in Kabul on Thursday warned that the government should not make people rise and take to the streets against it. Speaking with an emotion-filled voice, former head of National Directorate of Security (NDS) Amrullah Saleh strongly criticised the government's peace talks with the Taliban.
Many people were wearing green ribbons of the new movement and carried green flags.
"If the government fails to listen to our voice and refuses to set our conditions on top of its agenda, we will mobilise and take to the streets, we will not set any dates," Amrullah Saleh said. Mr Saleh described the Afghan government as not fully legitimate. Dr Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... , leader of Change and Hope Coalition, and Mr Saleh warned they wouldn't let the government to make a deal with terrorists. "Al-Qaeda terrorists, the Taliban and gunnies are proxy groups of Pakistain in Afghanistan. And our issues with Pakistain haven't been resolved yet. Referring to the Taliban as "brothers" is a big betrayal to the Afghan nation," Mr Saleh said. (Afghanistan's Caped President Karzai often calls the Taliban as "brothers" when urging them to make peace with his government.) Speaking emotionally Dr Abdullah said we should not "beg to people who have joined the side of the gunnies on the orders of foreign intelligence agencies to ruin the country". "Our dignity and reputation do not allow us to beg for the slave Taliban," Abdullah said. Abdullah also criticised the Afghanistan's Caped President for allowing Pakistain to interfere in Afghan domestic affairs, referring to the recent news that Pakistain had submitted a list of demands to Afghanistan. "Look at this political weakness that Pakistain comes and asks the Afghanistan's Caped President to accept its demands.This means officially surrendering to Pakistain," he said. Amrullah Saleh and Abdullah also criticised the recent cancellation of the celebration of Mujaheddin victory day. Celebration of Mujaheddin's victory day was called off by the government for what it called as high level security threats in Kabul. The call-for-justice gathering was called to protest at the peace talks with the Taliban as President Karzai's government has persistently emphasised on reconciliation with the Taliban. The gathering has been called the biggest opposition reaction and show of strength against Karzai's government. | ||
| Posted by:Fred |