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Afghanistan
Afghan Minister Calls Karzai Government Illegitimate
2011-07-26
[Tolo News] In an audio clip attributed to the Afghan Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister, he has said that President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtun face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
's government has no legitimacy to govern the nation.

But at a presser on Monday the Afghan Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister, Jarullah Mansoori, denied that the audio clip contained his voice.

In a four-minute audio clip, a voice that sounds like that of Jarullah Mansoori's says the government of President Karzai as well as the National Council have no legitimacy.

The clip said: "Many people have been killed in the country and he has illegally been president so far. The Parliament has no legitimacy. If they put me in prison and get me fired from my post because of my age, I swear I wouldn't give a damn about it, and I want to assure you all that I would continue to become minister for many times in this country until I am alive."

But Mr Mansoori strongly rejected the audio clip at a presser, saying he has special reverence to President Karzai.

"No conscientious Afghan could make such remarks. If you go after the sound clip, that's not mine. I'm proud to be a member of the cabinet of the one who is the founder of a new Afghanistan," he said hinting to the Afghanistan's Caped President.

TOLOnews has obtained the copy of a passport which puts the age of Mr Mansoori at 33, which is an inelligible age for a minister's post according to Afghan laws.

Mr Mansoori told news hounds that the House of Representatives is one of the biggest achievements and it would be "blasphemous" to call it illegitimate.

"Afghan Parliament is a Mujahid parliament. It would be blasphemous if we call it illegal. We have achieved the parliament after long endeavours and hardship," he said.
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