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24-02-2007, 09:24
KABUL,

24 February 2007 — Around 25,000 supporters of former Afghan warlords, including some senior government figures, filled a Kabul stadium yesterday in a noisy show of support for a controversial proposed war crimes amnesty. Men from around the country held up posters of leaders of the resistance to the 1980s Soviet occupation and chanted, “long live the Mujahedeen (holy fighters)” and “God is the Greatest.”

The stadium, which holds at least 25,000 people, was filled to near capacity and many in the crowd had traveled in from the provinces. Hundreds of police were on hand, but the rally passed off without violence. Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a former anti-Soviet commander and now a parliamentarian, said the bill passed this week ruling out prosecution for war crimes was intended to “bring peace, stability and reconciliation.”

Sayyaf is one of a host of commanders implicated in abuses in the 1992-1996 civil war, when Mujahedeen factions turned on each other after defeating the Soviets. Around 80,000 were killed in Kabul alone. “Before more food and roads, we need peace and stability,” Sayyaf said, referring to internationally backed efforts to reconstruct the war-torn nation.

Another warlord, Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a former defense minister who was appointed to the upper house of Parliament, warned the media against “insulting” Mujahedeen leaders. The bill has to be approved by President Hamid Karzai to become law, which officials say is unlikely. It runs counter to the constitution and international treaties, and puts Karzai and his weak government in a difficult position, an official said this week on condition of anonymity.

New York-based Human Rights Watch in December called for a truth and reconciliation court to deal with 30 years of war crimes and human rights abuses, including by some who still “hold high office.”

“Death to human rights,” shouted a female MP who took the podium. “Death to dog washers,” shouted a man in the crowd, referring to pro-Western politicians who fill the government and are mocked for having had lowly jobs in exile.

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Bron: ArabNews

Amnestie voor oorlogsmisdadigers, afschaffing van de mensenrechten ...

Gaat lekker daar bij die 'Mujahedeen' ...

Kijken hoe hard ze klagen als weer een van hun 'WarLords' het loodje legt door een verdwaalde "Westerse" kogel

24-02-2007, 09:43


Rachid kom er maar in..........

24-02-2007, 09:44
Taliban warn of bloodiest year

SPIN BOLDAK: Rearmed with new guns the Taliban on Friday vowed this would be the deadliest year for foreign soldiers in Afghanistan since the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

“This year will prove to be the bloodiest for the foreign troops. It is not just a threat, we will prove it,” senior commander Mullah Dadullah told Reuters by satellite phone. “The Taliban’s war preparations are going on in caves and in mountains. Our 6,000 fighters are ready for attacks on foreign troops after the change in weather and as it becomes warmer.”

Dadullah said the extra weapons the Taliban were being supplied — he did not say from where — included the ability to bring down the NATO and US helicopters crucial to their operations in this rugged, mountainous country.

Also on Friday, more than 30,000 people rallied in a Taliban execution ground to support an all-embracing amnesty for war criminals, including members of parliament and government officials.

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24-02-2007, 09:59
Thousands March on Afghan Capital, Supporting Amnesty for War Criminals

Thousands of former mujahedin rallied in central Kabul to support a controversial new amnesty law. The legislation would grant amnesty to Afghans suspected of committing war crimes over three decades of violent upheaval dating back to the Soviet invasion. Correspondent Benjamin Sand reports from VOA's bureau in Islamabad.

Local officials say more than 10,000 people joined the rally, one of the largest held in Kabul in several years. Witnesses say hundreds of young men paraded through the city after the rally, many shouting "Death to America."

Parliament recently passed legislation to grant amnesty to former mujahedin leaders who may have committed war crimes during more than a quarter-century of violence in Afghanistan.

Human rights groups have denounced the bill, which is awaiting President Hamid Karzai's signature.

Sam Zarifi, Asia research director at Human Rights Watch in Washington, says many of the legislation's leading supporters are also among its biggest beneficiaries.

"Unfortunately the Afghan parliament is dominated by warlords and many of the perpetrators of past and current crimes," notes Zarifi. "It is really a tragedy that this parliament is now being used by these figures to put their interests ahead of the nation." He says Friday's rally was an attempt by some of those warlords to bully Mr. Karzai into signing the new legislation.

Afghanistan's military chief of staff, Abdul Rashid Dostum, and Energy Minister Ismail Khan attended the rally. Both men were well-known mujahedin and helped lead the resistance against the occupying Soviet Union during the 1980's.

But Zarifi says both men are also known to be warlords with long records of abuse and crime. "To say that these people have any kind of political legitimacy is a mistake," he says. "Their only legitimacy has been in the past and continues to come from the barrel of a gun, and now, unfortunately, their exalted position in government."

President Karzai has told reporters he will review the legislation and consult Islamic and constitutional experts before making a decision on signing it.

VOA News
23 February 2007