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Publication: India Today
Date: October 15, 2001
The northern alliance's Home Minster
spoke to assistant Editor SHISHIR GUPTA on the future of Afghanistan. Excerpts:
Q. Do you think that by claiming
to become a frontline state for war against terrorism Pakistan will have
leverage in the future of Afghanistan?
A. Pakistan is not in a position
to play the role of a frontline state as it did during the Soviet invasion
of Afghanistan. If it tries to plant another Taliban like leverage, it
will regret once again.
Q. What is your information on the
US forces launching special operations?
A. At present, we don't have an
exact idea about the American military plan.
Q. What will be the key to political
stability in Afghanistan?
A. The primary challenge is restoration
of regional and global security. Next comes stability in Afghanistan and
this problem has only one solution-righteous share of all the ethnic groups
in a broad-based interim government, followed by formation of fair electoral
constituencies based on population, and then a democratically-elected government.
