KABUL(PAN): President Hamid Karzai's principal political
rival on Thursday warned of mobilising street protests if the Afghan
government did not heed his views on dealing with the Taliban
insurgency.
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, leader of the Coalition for Change
and Hope, and former intelligence chief Amarullah Saleh vehemently
opposed peace with the Taliban who executed orders from foreign spy
services and spilled the blood of innocent Afghans.
Addressing a huge gathering in Kabul, Abdullah branded Al
Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a "criminal and traitor" and said his
followers had assassinated Northern Alliance commander Ahmad Shah
Massoud.
Denouncing the incumbent government as incompetent, the
ex-foreign minister alleged: "Karzai has asked 40 countries of the world
to mislead the people and play with Afghans' destiny."
He said the government had been able to make any
achievements during Karzai's second tenure as president. A majority of
Afghans desired peace only if it did not lead to war, he added.
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