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Karzai Set to Deal With Warlord Hekmatyar
UPI ^ | 5/10/09

Posted on 05/10/2009 10:24:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will negotiate to share power with notorious warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, The Sunday Times of London reported.

Without naming sources, the newspaper said Karzai, who is facing reelection this summer, will hold talks with the anti-American hardliner in the coming weeks in a bid to co-opt a main rival and bring his group, Hezb-i-Islami, into the government.

The Sunday Times reported Hezb-i-Islami will be offered several government ministries and provincial governorships in exchange for laying down its arms.

Hezb-i-Islami is regarded by the United States as a terrorist group and has been blamed for many attacks in Afghanistan's eastern and central regions. The newspaper said Hekmatyar's militia was implicated in last year's massacre of 10 French soldiers in Sarobi.

Hekmatyar reportedly will not be offered a government post himself, but instead will be asked to go into exile in Saudi Arabia for three years. The Sunday Times said his name would then be removed from the U.S. government's terrorist list.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; gulbuddinhekmatyar; hekmatyar; hezbiislami; karzai

1 posted on 05/10/2009 10:24:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

They also recently enacted that law for the Shiites (about 15%) there were a man can withhold food from his wife for not giving him sex. Afghanistan is the perfect example that “moderate” Islam is not coming to the rescue.


2 posted on 05/10/2009 10:35:19 PM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: Islaminaction

there is a bullet or a bomb waiting for Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
and the sooner the better .
This person needs to be found , fixed and killed .
No other outcome for him


3 posted on 05/10/2009 10:45:11 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Well he will not be hard to find.


4 posted on 05/10/2009 10:48:44 PM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: nickcarraway

And just what are we doing about this?


5 posted on 05/10/2009 11:27:18 PM PDT by ketelone
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