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Afghanistan

Uzbek leader 'Dostum' criticizes Hazara leader 'Khalili' for his secret ties with Pakistan

2022-09-22

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Abdul Rashid Dostum
...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
, political figure and leader of Uzbek community in Afghanistan accuses Mohammad Karim Khalili, a Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...
leader for having secret ties with Pakistain.

In an online meeting among the anti-Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
figures, Abdul Rashid Dostum criticized the absence of Mohammad Karim Khalili in the meeting and accused him for having secret ties with Pakistain.

Mohammad Karim Khalili has received money from Pakistain to stay ’silent’ against the Taliban, Abdul Rashid Dostum said in the meeting which was held on the death anniversary of former Afghanistan's Caped President, Burhanuddin Rabbani
... the gentlemanly murdered legitimate president of Afghanistan...
Mohammad Karim Khalili has shown reactions to Dostum’s statement and has asked the Uzbek leader to apologize for his words.

Khalili has written on his Facebook page that his political party believes that war and violence is not the solution of Afghanistan’s crisis and the country needs to switch from a centralized system to a fully decentralized administration system through negotiations.

This comes as the majority of political figures in Afghanistan are living outside after the intra-Afghan peace negotiations failed and the country fell in the hands of Taliban last August.

The world did not recognize the Taliban’s government which was taken by force and asked the Taliban to form an inclusive administration having all other ethnic and religious groups in the circle, but the Taliban has not showed any positive intention to include others in the government.

The political parties and figures who are not included in the Taliban’s administration and the majority of them live outside Afghanistan are trying to form an anti-Taliban alliance with the presence of the National Resistance® Front led by Ahmad Massoud, the son of the former Jihadi leader Ahmad Shah Massoud.

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Afghanistan

Politicians Call for Probe into Alleged Torture of Civilians

2022-05-15

[ToloNews] Afghan politicians called for an investigation into the alleged reports of torture and mistreatment of civilians in the provinces of Panjshir, Baghlan and Takhar.

The influential politicians who voiced concerns over the claims of civilian mistreatment are former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah

...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president...
, former Jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, Karim Khalili the former Vice President of Afghanistan and the leader of Hezb-e-Wahdat, Abdul Rasheed Dostum
...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
, leader of Hizb-e-Junbish and Muhammad Mohaqiq, People’s Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan.

However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone...
the Islamic Emirate denied the allegations.
No, no! Certainly not!
of civilian casualties in these provinces.

"The recent reports from Afghanistan speak of painful incidents in Panjshir, Takhar, and Andarab (of Baghlan) and Khost, that the military has conducted desert trials and tortured civilians. We call on the international community and the human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
organizations to launch a neutral investigation into these incidents and share the results with the people of Afghanistan," Abdullah said in a series of tweets.

Analysts said that the issue should be taken seriously.

"The government should not ignore it and should prevent it. It is important that (acting Minister of Foreign Affairs) Amir Khan Muttaqi and Mohammad Alam Izdyar restart the negotiations," said Torek Farhadi, a political analyst.

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking...
a number of US based Afghans held protests in reaction to the alleged reports of civilian’s casualties in Panjshir, Baghlan and Takhar provinces.

"The Islamic Emirate conducted clearing operations against the people who were causing insecurity. Hundreds of them have surrendered and their weapons and ammunitions were seized by the Islamic Emirate. The civilians have a normal life. We seriously deny the reports and propaganda being spread in this regard," said Bilal Karimi, deputy front man for the Islamic Emirate.

The UN Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett said it was "essential for international human rights and humanitarian law to be upheld" and that they are "watching closely."

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Afghanistan

Afghan President leaves country, Taliban directed to enter Kabul

2021-08-16

[KhaamaPress] Head of High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah

Tolo News adds:

Two sources said that President Ashraf Ghani has left the country after the Taliban entered the city on Sunday.

According to the sources, his close aides have also left the country along with him.

Earlier in the day, acting defense minister Bismillah Mohammadi said that the president has handed the authority of solving the crisis in the country to political leaders.

Mohammadi said that a delegation will travel to Doha on Monday for talks on the country’s situation.

The delegation includes key political leaders, including Younus Qanooni, Ahmad Wali Massoud, Mohammad Mohaqiq among others.

Sources close to the Taliban said that it has been agreed that Ghani will resign after a political agreement and hand the power to a transitional government.

Afghans have said that they seek a political settlement and an end to the ongoing violence in the country.

#AFG “ Defense minister Bismillah Khan fled in a military air craft with 3 of his sons.” A source tells me.
— BILAL SARWARY (@bsarwary) August 15, 2021

Video of Taliban fighters inside the presidential palace, via @AJArabic pic.twitter.com/nsFoUOocSC
— Evan Hill (@evanhill) August 15, 2021

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Afghanistan

ISIS release details of assailants involved in attack on Dr Abdullah

2020-03-08

Follow up to this story from yesterday.

[KhaamaPress] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group released the details of the assailants who carried out the deadly attack in Kabul city on Friday.

The offshoot of the terror group, ISIS Khurasan, posted a statement in Amaq News, claiming the deadly attack which left scores of people dead or maimed.

The statement further added that the group’s fighters, Ahmad al-Tajiki and Abdur Rahman al-Muhajir carried out the attack, killing or wounding at least 150 people.

The security officials said late on Friday that the attack which targeted the death anniversary of a prominent political leader in Kabul city left 32 dead and 81 others maimed.

The button men stormed the death anniversary ceremony of Anbdul Ali Mazari, a prominent Hazar leader on Friday as some of the key politicians including Abdullah Abdullah

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Afghanistan

Khalili Says Islamic Emirate Not Acceptable For Afghans

2019-06-27

[ToloNews] Amid optimism by the Afghan government and the United States on a potential peace deal ahead of the upcoming polls in Afghanistan, the head of the High Peace Council, Mohammad Karim Khalili said he supports the efforts for the reconciliation process but added that an Islamic emirate will not be a responsive system for Afghanistan, which he says has seen a major change ‐ compared to the Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
era back in 1996-2001.

Khalili, who addressed the second consultative and political gathering of Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Milli, led by him, said agreeing on an Islamic emirate as part of a peace deal means "surrender" of one party to another.

Therefore, Khalili suggested that the Afghan government and its international partners should ensure a dignified peace which he says is the demand of every Afghan.

"Peace under the shadow of an Islamic emirate is not peace; rather, it is surrendering of one party to another. Meanwhile,
...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had been cornered by the banditti...
it is also not peace when the [Afghan government] asks the Taliban to surrender. It means surrendering. Neither the Taliban will surrender nor the people of Afghanistan are ready to accept an Islamic emirate," Khalili stated.

Khalili said that the Taliban should realize that an Islamic emirate "will never be a responsive and acceptable government and system" for the new generation in Afghanistan.

"We should change our perspective about the future," he stressed.

His remarks are expressed a day after the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Kabul, who met with Afghan leaders and said the US hopes there is a peace deal ahead of the upcoming presidential elections.

Meanwhile,
...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had been cornered by the banditti...
Khalili criticized the new politicians in the Lower House of the Parliament for failing to elect a speaker and called it a crisis.

He said that the rifts in the parliament are the outcome of the controversial parliamentary elections ‐ last year in October.

"We witnessed the parliamentary elections a while ago, in which the will of few people was practiced. Many institutions decided on the winning candidates. Such an election is a scandal to democracy," said Khalili.
Khalili stressed the need for transparent presidential elections in order to prevent another crisis.

Addressing the same event, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah

... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...
who is supported by Khalili in the upcoming presidential elections, said the country is in a critical condition and that efforts are underway both for elections and the grinding of the peace processor.

"From one side people are moving towards elections to choose a better future by using their votes while on the other side, peace efforts are underway in national, regional and international level," Abdullah said.

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Afghanistan

Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar boycotts consultative peace Jirga

2019-04-28

[KhaamaPress] The leader of Hezb-e-Islami

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil...
has boycotted the upcoming consultative peace Jirga (assembly of leaders) as a various prominent politicians have already boycotted the gathering, citing it as a move by the government to lobby for the upcoming presidential elections rather raising voices for reconciliation.

Sources close to Hekmatyar have confirmed that the leader of Hezb-e-Islami will not participate in the gathering.

In the meantime, reports indicate that that Mohammad Karim Khalili

...2nd vice president under Hamid Kharzai, finance minister for the Mujahideen government after the Soviets were driven out, and one of the leaders of the Hezb-e Wahdat political party of Hazaras...

has also boycotted the consultative peace Jirga.

This comes as the former President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
has warned the government to refrain from convening the consultative peace Jirga, emphasizing that the gathering is not favor of the country considering the current situation.

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Afghanistan

Turkey hosts Afghan talks with Taliban factions

2018-01-14

[PAJHWOK] A quadrilateral intra-Afghan peace dialogue began on Saturday in the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish capital Istanbul, to find a negotiated end to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan, a reliable source said.

A participant of the meeting confided to Pajhwok Afghan News the gathering initiated on Saturday would last three days (until Monday).

The source, wishing anonymity, also shared a few photos of the gathering with Pajhwok, saying the peace dialogue was arranged in cooperation with the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish government.

He said Taliban
...Arabic for students...
’s Qatar

...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
Office members, Mullah Mohammad Rassoul splinter faction members, the Afghan government representatives and Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) members were attending the huddle.

Rahmatullah Wardak is representing the Taliban, Mullah Rauf and Abdul Halim the Rassoul group, Haji Dawajan Ahmadzai and Homayoon Jarir the HIA and Dr. Basir, envoy of High Peace Council (HPC) head Karim Khalili is speaking on behalf of the government in the session.

The source said similar meetings had taken place in ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
between the sides last year, but media was kept in the dark about them.

The meeting comes as reports suggest the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish government has proposed the Taliban to open a political office in the country.

A front man for the HIA, Mohammad Nadar Afghan, confirmed the gathering to Pajhwok. However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
he said, Homayoon Jarir and Dawajan Ahmadzai had not participated in the gathering on behalf of the HIA.

He said Jarir was a presidential advisor and both might be privately invited to the gathering.

Also an official of the HPC confirmed to Pajhwok the gathering in Turkey; however, he didn’t go into details.

A source close to Taliban admitted the peace negotiations but said no one from their supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah group was participating in the gathering.

He said a Taliban member named Rahmatullah Wardak was attending the gathering. Wardak, a former Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) employee had served as an intelligence operative in the Tailban regime. Wardak has been running a bee honey business in Dubai over the past few years.

According to the Taliban source, this was a third meeting of the kind taking placing between the Afghan government and Taliban representatives in Turkey. "But the recent (this meeting) is organized as a result of HIA leader Gulbuddin Hekmtyar’s visit to the country."

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Afghanistan

Syed Ahmed Gilani Appointed New Chairman of Afghan High Peace Council

2016-02-22

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] An influential political and religious figure Pir Syed Ahmad Gilani has been appointed as the new Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council.

The former Afghan Vice President Karim Khalili has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of the High Peace Council along with Mawlavi Ata-ur-Rehman, Mawlavi Khaibar and Habiba Surabi.

The new appointments comes days after the major international donors suspended aid to the council due to the lack of the leadership.

The council officials said earlier this month that the major donors that have suspended financial aid included the United States Agency for International Development and the government of the United Kingdom.

A senior member of the council, Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar, confirmed that the donors have suspended financial support to the High Peace Council since the beginning of the year, citing lack of chairman for almost a year and issues within the secretariat of the council.

The current Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani was previously serving as the chairman of the council while the acting Minister of Defense Masoom Stanikzai was the secretariat chief.

The Afghanistan High Peace Council was formed by the former President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtun face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
in mid 2010 to provide a platform for reconciliation talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban group.

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Afghanistan

Council of Jihadi Party Launched in Kabul

2015-08-28

[Tolo News] Afghanistan's former president Sebghatullah Mojaddedi on Thursday announced the establishment of a new political party -- the Council of Jihadi -- which aims to put pressure on the National Unity Government to bring about reform.

Mohadedi said that eight parties had come together to form the new party. According to him, the party's main aim is to fight corruption, bring peace and security to the country and to support civil action movements.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow...
the former vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili, who has also joined the party, said that they are completely non-partisan.

"The party is totally independent and has no links to government or any foreign countries," said Khalili.

The party said that they will support the National Unity Government but will also oppose it if necessary.

"Ghani's government has done good but it has also made mistakes. The party aims to bring about reforms," Mojaddedi added.

"The new party will support good performance by government but it will strongly oppose wrongdoing on the part of government," Khalili added.

But party members raised their concerns over interference in Afghan affairs by neighboring countries and said that most of the security issues stem from outside the country.

The party members said that they will support the grinding of the peace processor and will not allow any group to make Afghanistan a safe haven for terrorists.

"The party supports, and will defend, the grinding of the peace processor and the party will not allow Afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorists," Khalili said.

The party called on anti-government groups to join the grinding of the peace processor.

"We call on Afghan Taliban to stop destroying their 'house'," said Qazi Amin Weqad one of the party members said.

In addition, Ahmad Zia Massoud, special envoy to Ghani, who was also present, says today was a historic moment in Afghan politics - where different role players came together to find solutions.

"Despite problems the country has seen development and Afghanistan has made some achievements," Massoud said.

According to him it is usual for political parties to come together during a crisis in order to find solutions for their country.

Massoud went on to say that nepotism is rife in the country and even political parties are formed on the back of it.

"We should weaken the tribal axis but strengthen the national axis as any tribal government does not have good consequences," Massoud said.

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Afghanistan

NUG Leaders Accuse Security Officials of Negligence in Wake of Jalrez Battle

2015-07-05

[Tolo News] While honoring coppers killed in festivities with the Taliban in Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, a number of national unity government leaders voiced strong criticism against security officials for failing to provide adequate support for the local forces.

Over 20 local coppers were killed in the Jalrez clash. The ceremony on Saturday saw 12 of their bodies moved into Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
to honor their sacrifice and receive a formal funeral.

Mohammad Muhaqiq, the Second Deputy of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah
... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...
, spoke at the ceremony and said the ministries of defense and interior should be forced to explain for their negligence in dealing with the Jalrez festivities.

"Both the Taliban and the residents witnessed the incident; the public protection forces waited for their deaths for 20 hours," Muhaqiq said on Saturday. "When I asked them why you don't go further, they replied that the area was full of mines. But, when the check posts were retaken, a tank went to the end of the area and no one was killed by mines."

Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
Sarwar Danish, the Second Vice President of 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. ..
, echoed Muhaqiq's sentiment, saying that those who have remained reluctant regarding the Jalrez battle should be exposed.

Former Vice President Karim Khalili also blamed the large amount of casualties on mismanagement by security officials. "Most of the casualties are because of inattention and irresponsible attempts by the relevant organizations and lack of coordination among security agencies," he said. "This is not acceptable to us."

Abdullah, whose relative named Reza was also among the soldiers killed, told TOLOnews that Reza was in contact with him in the last moments of his life. Reza allegedly asked Abdullah repeatedly to deliver his pleas for backup to top security officials in order to save lives.

"He told me repeatedly to call the leaders to support them, and we called several officials, but they did not pay attention, despite that there was an army and public protection force base near them," Abdullah said.

Local accounts of the Jalrez battle have substantiated the claims made by leaders at the ceremony on Saturday. Azizullah, a resident of Maidan Wardak who lost his brother in the battle, says the fighting raged on for 72 hours, and only ended once the coppers ran out of ammunition. "The Taliban, after killing my brother, tied his body behind a vehicle and pulled him on rocks and dust," Azizullah told TOLOnews.

It is said that one of the fallen officers is from the Chindawol area of Kabul, while the others are all from Bamyan province.

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Afghanistan

Khalili Calls on UN to Verify Authenticity of Audiotape

2014-08-07

[Tolo News] Karim Khalili, the second Vice President of Afghanistan, on Wednesday asked the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
(UN) to investigate the authenticity of the audiotape that presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah
... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...
's team has claimed shows Khalili was involved in electoral fraud.

Khalili said that if the legitimacy of the voice is confirmed, he is ready to be held accountable to the people of Afghanistan. If the audio is not proven genuine then those behind the deceptive act must be held responsible, he said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio had his hands full of angry bleached blonde...
the UN's Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Jän KubiÅ¡, said that the matter would be discussed with other UN officials before an action is taken.

The tape was released on Sunday, August 3, by Abdullah's campaign team, which claimed that Khalili was involved in electoral fraud. The voice, who they alleged was Khalili's, emphasizes the importance of his favored team winning and a willingness to ensure that victory by any means necessary.

The same day the recording was broadcasted, an official from Khalili's office held a presser denouncing the audio recording stating that the voice recorded was not that of the second vice president.

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Afghanistan

Abdullah rejects US-brokered audit of Afghan election

2014-08-04

[ARABNEWS] Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah
... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...
on Sunday withdrew his support from an anti-fraud audit of votes, as US-led efforts to keep the election on track descended into further uncertainty.

The country's first democratic transfer of power has been engulfed in a dispute over alleged fraud, wrecking hopes that the election would be seen as a key achievement of the international military and civilian aid effort since 2001.

Instead, the contest between Abdullah, a former anti-Taliban resistance fighter, and Ashraf Ghani, an ex-World Bank economist, threatens to spark a spiral of instability as NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
troops pull out and violence increases nationwide.

After Abdullah rejected preliminary results that named Ghani as the winner of the June 14 election, US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
flew to Kabul and persuaded the two candidates to agree to the audit to sift out fraudulent votes.

But the UN-supervised process triggered another outbreak of disagreements, and Abdullah's campaign on Sunday refused to rejoin the process after repeated stoppages.

"The UN had promised us that they would only begin again after our concerns are met, but, despite that, the process has resumed," Baryalai Arsalai, Abdullah's campaign manager, told news hounds. "This is a continuation of illegal action by the IEC (Independent Election Commission) and we condemn it."

Abdullah's team also alleged on Sunday that second Vice President Karim Khalili had been caught on tape saying that President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtun face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
was working illegally in favor of Ghani.

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