From: endevour@wam.umd.edu (Afghan)
Subject: Re: Khales instructed to run for president
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:02:53 GMT

In article <92349.112413OMARS@auvm.american.edu> <OMARS@auvm.american.edu> writes:
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>From: clarinews@clarinet.com (ANWAR IQBAL)
>Date: 12 Dec 92 19:25:21 GMT
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>        ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (UPI) -- A leader of a fundamentalist Muslim party
>entered the race for the Afghan presidency Saturday claiming the country
>was ``on the verge of disaster'' and saying President Burhanuddin
>Rabbani's rule should not be extended.

Mr.Khalis and his step brothers in presidency council all played a very
effecive role in bringing the country to what he calls "on the verge of
disaster". It was Khalis who at the begining of the so called transition
process threw up his hand and went back to his reall home i.e Peshawar. 
I guess he needed more training from his boses in ISI. He must have 
attended one of the ISI's latest classes called "The puppet masters". 



>        Maulavi Yunus Khalis, a factional leader in the Hezb-i-Islami party,
>announced his candidacy in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad,
>according to the party-affiliated Afghan Islamic Press news agency.
>        The announcement came after Rabbani completed his interim tenure of
>four months as well as a 45-day extension.
>        The Afghan leadership council, which groups factional leaders of the
>former Muslim fundamentalist rebels or mujahideen, had said Rabbani
>would get no further extension after extending his tenure in October.
>        Rabbani was to convene a meeting of prominent Afghan leaders, tribal
>chiefs, scholars and other notables within his 45-day extension, but
>failed to do so.
>        Khalis, announcing his candidacy, said, ``Rabbani failed to establish
>an Islamic government in Afghanistan. He failed to stop bloodshed and
>provide security to the people of Kabul. He deserves no further
>extension.''

I agree, Rabani indeed failed to face off the 600 ROCKET / HOUR attack
of Gulbudin against the civilian population. Not only he was unable to
respond but it was actually rumoured that Rabani wanted the Sadam Hussein
of Afghans, i.e Gulbudin Hekmatyar, to launch the missiles and become 
more hated among the Afghan population. This way the peaple would still
stick to Rabani, no matter how incompetent he was, because apparantly he
was the lesser of two evils.
 

Afghan brothers and sisters, we have to speak out. These thugs have taken 
Islam as a hostage and they expect us to stand aside and watch while they are
taking our country, our religion and our culture for a ride. We have to expose
their true worth and their evil intentions. We have to rise above sectarian
and ethnic barriers, barriers that these Watan Feroshan and their masters 
have erected for us, and face this shameful and open intervention and 
manipulation of our country. Khalis and the rest of his brothers, the 
ill-begotten pups of Zia, are none but ISI agents and we all very well know
it. How long are we going to watch this comedy in Kabul. The only way to 
stop this organized crime against the peaple of Afghanistan is organize 
against them. 

>        Khalis had earlier promised not to contest, but said he was ``forced
>to change my mind because of the situation in Afghanistan. The country
>is on the verge of a total disaster. It needs a sincere leadership to
>save the sacrifices of 1.7 million martyrs from being wasted.''

Bull, ISI changed your mind. They probably gave you the green light to go
ahead to run among your puppet brothers. What a crook. 

And let me remind our Afghan brothers and sisters that Mr.Khalis is the 
same GENTLEMAN who during the heat of Jihad married a 16 year old girl
who was fit to be his daughter. (Actually it was rumoured that she was
thirteen but I think that is exagerated a little). The "morda gaw" who
gave him his daughter was rewarded with generous supply of weapons by 
his excellency Mr.Khalis. This guy wants to run for the presidency of
Afghanistan. What a joke. Khalis is in his upper sixties or early seventies. 

>        More than 1.5 million people were killed in Afghanistan during 14
>years of war between Soviet-backed communists and Islamic guerrillas,
>which began with the Soviet occupation of Kabul in 1979.
>        The Soviets withdrew in 1989 and communist President Najibullah
>managed to hang onto power until early this year, when his government
>collapsed in the face of Muslim rebel advances. After the ouster of
>communist leaders, however, the various rebel factions began fighting
>between themselves for power.
>        Sources said Saturday that a powerful faction of Hezb-i-Islami would
>support Khalis in his bid for the presidency. That faction is led by
>Gulbadin Hekmatyar, the most prominent fundamentalist leader in
>Afghanistan.

Oh, he is also the most NOTORIOUS. I think he has even defeated the great 
Houdini in manging to walk the tight rope of Islamic Internationalism and
Pashtoon Nationalism at the same time. Now that is magic. 

H.Abed   ( More next time )