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The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
party Atta Mohammad Noor on Tuesday warned that "if transparency of the elections is not guaranteed, we will boycott the elections."
Addressing Mazar-e-Sharif residents, during his Eid message, Noor said: "For the last time I am announcing to all friends, who are leaders of the government, to take my words seriously."
"If you do not bring reforms in all of Afghanistan or major parts of the country and do not accept the demands of the political parties over bringing of changes in the election system or voting system, including a biometric system, we will boycott your election," he said.
Noor said if their demands are not met and election transparency is not guaranteed the political parties will call for the resignation of government leaders and install an interim government.
He also said the Taliban
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has benefited from government’s first ceasefire ‐ in June ‐ over Eid al-Fitr.
Although he welcomed efforts being made to bring peace to the country, he said that the June ceasefire enabled Taliban members to infiltrate cities.
Noor claimed that since the end of the Eid ceasefire, on June 29 "over 7,000 Afghan cops were martyred".
He said Taliban entered cities during Eid and "they brought weapons with them."
In the meantime, residents of Balkh welcomed 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. ..’s conditional ceasefire announcement and also called on Taliban to renounce violence.
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the provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq Qaderi said that "all highways and mosques are under heavy protection by security forces."
Despite Mazar having been quiet on the first day of Eid-al-Adha, the same could not be said for Kabul.
At about 9am, Death Eaters launched a rocket attack on the city, also targeting the Presidential Palace, while President Ashraf Ghani was delivering his Eid message.
Officials said earlier at least 12 rockets were fired but later stated they had found the remains of at least 20 rockets. Kabul residents said they counted 22.