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Masood wants ’a progressive modern’ Afghanistan
NEW DELHI. May 3 Commander Ahmed Shah Maaood, Defence Minister in the Afghan Mujahideen council. has said that he would like Afghanistan to be a progressive modern state, reports PT1.
"My model for my state is not Iran," commander Masood said in an interview published by the Karachi- based English daily Dawn"
He said "we are not fundamentalist but we want to run it as an Islamic state where Shariah is the law."
Asked about the relations with India, commander Masood said these would have to be viewed tn the context of New Delhi's continued and strong support for the previous government.
He was angry about Paklat
an's encouragement to the Afghan fundamentalist leadei. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
But for Pakistan s support, there would be no threat from Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Dawn quoted him as saying
The interview was conducted at Charikar. about 60 km north of Kabul. Just before he left for the Afghan capital last week
Former Pakistan premier. MS Benazir Bhutto, meanwhile described the installation of the Mujahideen council In Kabul as a "victory" of the Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Masood and "not that of the Islamabad rulers."
"Had the victory been achieved with the efforts of Pakistani rulers, then its representatives who recently vis-
ited Kabul would not have been attacked with rockets there." Ms Bhutto said while address ing rally at Bela, about 70 kms from Karachi, on Saturday
Ms Bhutto asked the Pakistan government not to Interfere In the Internal affairs of Afghanistan
Meanwhile, the Awaml National Party IANP) leader Wall Khan has said that the stage Is set for the return of Zahir Shah, the deposed king of Afghanistan
In an interview In Peshawar, Khan said that big powers and the tussle of the Afghan leaders had created an atmosphere in Kabul tn which no one other than Zahir Shah could restore pear-e
AFP from Kabul says. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has
threatened to resume his attacks on Kabul if the new Islamic government does not remove Uzbek militia from the streets of the city within two to three days.
Journalists who Interviewed Hekmatyar Saturday, said the bitter rival of northern Mujahideen commander Ahmed Shah Masood had received them 55 kilometers (34 miles] south of Kabul, and told I hem his artillery was already capable of hitting the city
The Uzbek militia, com manded by General Abdul Kas hid Doetam. were at the forefront of last week s fight by the new government to keep Hekmatyar out of the city.
The Journalists said Hekmatyar appeared ready to talk to the government If the militia were pulled out and that he had at his disposal what appeared to be a large force of tanks, armoured personnel carriers, anti- aircraft weapons, rockets and artillery.
Meanwhile, UN special negotiator on Afghanistan, Benon Sevan, flew into Kabul today on his first visit to Afghanistan since the Mujahideen takeover.
Official UN sources said Sevan, who has been working for years to bring an end to the 14- year- long Afghan war, was' likely to meet with Sibghatullah Mojadeddi, head of the five-day old interim government later in the day.
He was also expected to meet with individual Mujahi deen commanders on the visit which coincides with a tense standoff between the Mujahideen government and holdout commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose troops are massed south of the city.
Sevan Is also faced with the lingering impasse over the late of former Afghan President Najibullah, who has been hold up in a UN compound here since'he tried to leave the country April 16.
Another report says, a huge convoy of trucks carrying Pakistan humanitarian aid reached the Afghan capital after a tense three-day standoff with guerillas allied to Hekmatyar.
The trucks, numbering about 150, drpve Into Kabul late Saturday with wheat and vegetable oil. and parked along the central peace avenue here.
Truck drivers said Hekmatyar s Hezb- I- isfamt rebels blocked the convoy-at Sarowbl, about 60 kms (35 miles) from here, and refused to allow the convoy to proceed to Kabul
The convoy reached Kabul after a spokesman for Moja deddi said a delegation of religious leaders had gone to Sarowbl to convince the Hezb rebels to allow It proceed.