From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 - 11:29:08 EST
FORMER PRIME MINISTER REJECTS CLAIMS HIS FOLLOWERS ARE JOINING AFGHAN GOVERNMENT
Hizb-e Islami head and former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar rejected reports that a number of his followers have joined the government of President Karzai, Pajhwak Afghan News reported on 14 February. In a statement, Hekmatyar said, "We will never surrender to the U.S.-backed government; we have fought against Soviet troops and now will never join the U.S. invaders." According to Hekmatyar, those commanders who have surrendered to the Afghan government have no links to his party. AT
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