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185591
Tue, 05/31/2011 - 13:49
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Yunus Qanouni Warns about Taliban's Plots to Assassinate Afghan Officials
TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Afghan presidential candidate and senior lawmaker Yunus Qanouni revealed that Taliban fighters plan to assassinate a number of Afghan officials.
"First Vice-President Mohammad Fahim Khan, Governor of Northern Balkh province Atta Mohammad Noor, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Commander of Afghan forces General Davoud Davoud and me are on the list of Taliban's assassination targets," Qanouni said on Tuesday.
"The prominent Afghan figures are targeted by the Taliban group or by hidden hands based on premeditated plans," he added.
Taliban fighters are spreading rapidly into remote and defenseless villages across Northern Afghanistan.
The fighters swarm into town, assemble the villagers and announce Taliban control, often at night and without any resistance.
With most Afghan and NATO troops stationed in the country's South and East, in the past year, security in Northern Afghanistan has deteriorated rapidly as insurgents have seized new territory in provinces such as Kunduz and Baghlan, and even infiltrated the scenic mountain oasis of Badakhshan.
"First Vice-President Mohammad Fahim Khan, Governor of Northern Balkh province Atta Mohammad Noor, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Commander of Afghan forces General Davoud Davoud and me are on the list of Taliban's assassination targets," Qanouni said on Tuesday.
"The prominent Afghan figures are targeted by the Taliban group or by hidden hands based on premeditated plans," he added.
Taliban fighters are spreading rapidly into remote and defenseless villages across Northern Afghanistan.
The fighters swarm into town, assemble the villagers and announce Taliban control, often at night and without any resistance.
With most Afghan and NATO troops stationed in the country's South and East, in the past year, security in Northern Afghanistan has deteriorated rapidly as insurgents have seized new territory in provinces such as Kunduz and Baghlan, and even infiltrated the scenic mountain oasis of Badakhshan.
