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Taliban reject Loya Jirga’s proposals
Bureau report
Monday, November 21, 2011
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PESHAWAR: Rejecting the proposals made by the Loya Jirga, the Afghan Taliban on Sunday said the decisions would cause long-term disputes in Afghanis-tan.
In a statement, the Taliban said that those who attended the Loya Jirga were not the representatives of the Afghans. The statement said that the Loya Jirga recommended another 10-year stay of the US troops in Afghanistan despite the fact that they killed and detained innocent people and destroyed their properties over the last 10 years.
“We believe the decisions were made by the US ahead of the gathering and just read out by the so-called Loya Jirga. The decisions would create rift in the region and turn Afghanistan into a hub of disputes,” the statement added. It said the invitees of the event had proved that they could go to any length to pander to the whims and wishes of the US. “The Islamic Emirate condemns the decisions of the Loya Jirga and assures the Afghan nation that nothing can put an end to the jihad in Afghanistan,” the Taliban statement said.
“The Islamic Emirate believes the solution to the Afghan conflict lies in the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. Such jirgas and conferences will not work unless the real causes of the conflict are addressed,” it stated. The four-day Loya Jirga concluded in Kabul on Saturday and agreed to a long-term strategic partnership with the US.Taliban reject Loya JirgaTaliban reject Afghan-US deal
November 21, 2011
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The Taliban on Sunday rejected as a "show" the endorsement by a traditional assembly of a strategic partnership deal with the United States that could allow its troops to remain in Afghanistan for years.
In a statement sent to media, the Islamist militant group said the assembly, or loya jirga, which ended Saturday was orchestrated by the Afghan government to achieve American aims.
"All the participants were active government workers.
What they discussed at the jirga was what America wanted," said the Pashto-language statement quoting Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid."In the past 10 years they brutally searched Afghans' houses, they detained Afghans and put them in their prisons, they destroyed people's orchards...
and this cruel army still wants to continue its barbarism for another 10 years."After four days of talks, loya jirga delegates endorsed a strategic partnership deal which will govern the presence of US troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when all Nato-led foreign combat forces are due to leave.
But they insisted on a string of conditions including that US nationals committing crimes in Afghanistan must not be entitled to immunity, and that the US must side with Afghanistan if a third country tries to attack it.President Hamid Karzai accepted the conditions and recommendations of the jirga, which brought together 2,000 delegates from around the country in Kabul for four days, saying they were "for the good of Afghanistan".The meeting also backed holding talks with members of the Taliban who renounce violence, despite the assassination in September of peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani which officials blame on insurgents.Hundreds of people, mostly university students, took to the streets in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday to protest against the pact.
Angry demonstrators shouting "death to America" and "death to American puppets" blocked the Kabul-Jalalabad highway for two hours, burning a US flag and an effigy of US President Barack Obama.
Bureau report
Monday, November 21, 2011
4
PESHAWAR: Rejecting the proposals made by the Loya Jirga, the Afghan Taliban on Sunday said the decisions would cause long-term disputes in Afghanis-tan.
In a statement, the Taliban said that those who attended the Loya Jirga were not the representatives of the Afghans. The statement said that the Loya Jirga recommended another 10-year stay of the US troops in Afghanistan despite the fact that they killed and detained innocent people and destroyed their properties over the last 10 years.
“We believe the decisions were made by the US ahead of the gathering and just read out by the so-called Loya Jirga. The decisions would create rift in the region and turn Afghanistan into a hub of disputes,” the statement added. It said the invitees of the event had proved that they could go to any length to pander to the whims and wishes of the US. “The Islamic Emirate condemns the decisions of the Loya Jirga and assures the Afghan nation that nothing can put an end to the jihad in Afghanistan,” the Taliban statement said.
“The Islamic Emirate believes the solution to the Afghan conflict lies in the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. Such jirgas and conferences will not work unless the real causes of the conflict are addressed,” it stated. The four-day Loya Jirga concluded in Kabul on Saturday and agreed to a long-term strategic partnership with the US.Taliban reject Loya JirgaTaliban reject Afghan-US deal
November 21, 2011
RECORDER REPORT
The Taliban on Sunday rejected as a "show" the endorsement by a traditional assembly of a strategic partnership deal with the United States that could allow its troops to remain in Afghanistan for years.
In a statement sent to media, the Islamist militant group said the assembly, or loya jirga, which ended Saturday was orchestrated by the Afghan government to achieve American aims.
"All the participants were active government workers.
What they discussed at the jirga was what America wanted," said the Pashto-language statement quoting Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid."In the past 10 years they brutally searched Afghans' houses, they detained Afghans and put them in their prisons, they destroyed people's orchards...
and this cruel army still wants to continue its barbarism for another 10 years."After four days of talks, loya jirga delegates endorsed a strategic partnership deal which will govern the presence of US troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when all Nato-led foreign combat forces are due to leave.
But they insisted on a string of conditions including that US nationals committing crimes in Afghanistan must not be entitled to immunity, and that the US must side with Afghanistan if a third country tries to attack it.President Hamid Karzai accepted the conditions and recommendations of the jirga, which brought together 2,000 delegates from around the country in Kabul for four days, saying they were "for the good of Afghanistan".The meeting also backed holding talks with members of the Taliban who renounce violence, despite the assassination in September of peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani which officials blame on insurgents.Hundreds of people, mostly university students, took to the streets in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday to protest against the pact.
Angry demonstrators shouting "death to America" and "death to American puppets" blocked the Kabul-Jalalabad highway for two hours, burning a US flag and an effigy of US President Barack Obama.
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