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Afghanistan
No Government Privileges for Extremists: Abdullah
2015-02-03
[Tolo News] Turning down extremism in strong words, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 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...
declared that bully boy groups would have no privileges from the government with their continued violence and killing of innocent lives.

At a conference Sunday assessing the impacts of extremism, Abdullah, pointing out the growing rumors of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS) fighters in Afghanistan, declared that bully boy groups including the Taliban and IS are in the wrong path of reaching their goal.

"We strongly condemn the killing of innocent lives by whoever they were, whether the Taliban or IS," Abdullah said at the event attended by high-profile governments officials and dignitaries.

"The government would never give privileges to the Lions of Islam in order to achieve peace," Abdullah declared.

"These groups must know that our people are awake now and would not give them such privileges," he said following rumors that President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
had allegedly offered cabinet seats to the Taliban in order for the group to renounce violence.
Posted by:Fred

#1  I was hoping he was referring to the Obama Regime
Posted by: Frank G   2015-02-03 12:46  

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