Mullah Omar should open political office and run for president: Karzai

Kabul: (Thursday, July 12, 2012) Afghan President Hamid Karzai said here today that instead of running terrorist camps, Mullah Omar should give up fighting and instead should open up a political office, run for elections and take
the chance to become president of the war-torn nation.

Mullah Omar, the Taliban leader, who has been running and hiding from the allied forces since 2001 when blaming Al Qaeda for twin towers attacks, the US attacked Afghanistan. Since then, he has been the world’s most wanted man
as he has been striving not only to oust Karzai, but also to send the foreign forces out of Afghanistan.

Karzai has been repeatedly offering Omar and other insurgents fighting against his government to give up violent activities and to accept peaceful reintegration.

While addressing a news conference, he said, “I repeat my call on all Afghans, those who aren’t the puppet of others and have (only) issues with us at home – they’re welcome for any talks.”

Extending his offer to Mullah Omar, Karzai said, “Mullah Mohammad Omar can come inside Afghanistan anywhere he wants to. He can open political office for himself but he should leave the gun. He along with his friends can come and
create his political party, do politics, become a candidate himself for the elections. If people voted for him, good for him, he can take the leadership in his hand.”

The Taliban have never given serious attention to Karzai’s offers and earlier this year, they withdrew from exploratory talks with the United States in Qatar.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Jul 12 2012. Filed under World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry