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Rival Mujahideen factions take up positions in Kabul
KABUL, Apr 23 Rival Afghan guerilla (actions and their commanders Infiltrated Kabul today aa the government tried to make peace with hardline fundamentalist Gul buddin Hekmatyar who haa threatened to attack the city, reports Reuter
With their armtea post Honed In the mountains and valleys around Kabul, groups bitterly divided along ethnic and Ideological Unes moved quietly Into the capital, raising the chance* of a final bloody showdown.
Vice ■ President General Mohammad Ra fie met Hek-maty ar. the radical leader of Hczb l-Islam!. In an attempt to avert a battle for Kabul after 14 years of civil war. the official Bakhtar news agency reported
Hekmatyar has threatened to attack Kabul If the govern ment does not surrender by Sunday the 14lh anniversary of the communist takeover In Afghanistan.
The news agency made no mention of the deadline and quoted both men as saying they wanted to reach a peace ful solution
'Esteemed Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said we are In favour of an urgent, fair and peaceful solution to the Afghan problem." the agency said Hekmatyar was quoted as saying he wanted an Interim government that would be formed by all Mujahideen par tics and Include commanders from Kabul and around Kabul'
It waa not clear If this meant he was ready to allow the preaent government to play a future role.
An Interim government would form a commission to hold elections within a year. Hekmalyar said
The two men met on Wednesday In an area of Ixigar province under rebel control south of Kabul, the agency said In Islamabad. Hezbt I Islaml acknowledged Hekmatyar met Rafic but said he bluntly told the Vice-President the gov ernment must surrender unconditionally or face an assault on the capital.
"Hekmatyar made it abun dantly clear to Rafic that his regime was an Illegal, puppet and tyrant one ... therefore, no question of Intra-Afghan dialogue on the future of Afghanistan arises with It." the llezb-run Afghan News Agency (ANA) reported.
If the communists surrendered by Hekmatyar's deadline of April 26 they would be allowed a general amnesty. If not they would be punished.
"He said that Mujahideen did not believe In the IntraAfghan dialogue involving the treacherous and atheist communists and there was no question of a coalition with them." ANA said. While Hekmatyar's forces, armed by the United States and Pakistan, are massing south of Kabul, his old rival guerilla commander Ahmad Shah Masood has a powerful army about 60 km (37 miles) to the north.
A defiant Hekmatyar has given Masood until the end of today (Thursday) to remove his forces from around Kabul's outer security belt or face attack. A senior government source said today that Masood was already tn effective control of Kabul.
Masood was In league with Deputy Defence Minister Nabi Azi ml and three other generals who had ousted President Najibullah from office a week ago. the government official said
"Masood's men are Inside Kabul city and number In the thousands. His military experts are sitting In military garrisons and arc armed already." said the official who asked not to be named.
AFP adds : UN special nego tlator for Afghanistan Venon Sevan said today he was pessimistic about a rapid agreement between the Afghan Mujahideen.
So far no one is prepared to make a compromise about Afghanistan,' he told a group of Journalists.
Sevan urged all Afghan parties, which have Kabul encircled, to remain where they were and not to launch an attack. otherwise it will be like a volcano'.
Don't precipitate a disaster.' he said.
Sevan met with Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Slddlque Kanju, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Bloody showdown looks imminent