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Mediation team verdict soon

Hekmatyar pledges to respect truce
KABUL. May 17 : Hardline Mujahideen Leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has authorised a group of Afghan elders and commanders to mediate between him and his rival. Defence Minister Ahmed Shah Masood. Mujahideen and diplomatic sources said Saturday. Reports AFP.
Hekmatyar, chief of Hezb-I-Islami. has also promised to respect the on going ceasefire till mediation team gave its verdict, the sources said.
The assurance came when a 31 -member team headed by Pashtun Commander Jalaluddin Haqqani met Hekmatyar at his base in eastern Sarowbl district Saturday.
Haqqani, known for overrunning the important garrison city of Khost in March last year, has been appointed Justice Minister in the Mujahideen Interim government which assume power April 28.
Sources said he had met Masood before leading a "Jlrga," or traditional tribal delegation, to Sarowbl.
Hekmatyar assured Haqqani that he would abide by the verdict of the mediation mission. Haqqani was quoted as telling an Aslan diplomat here.
This is very encouraging move." said the diplomat, who is close to Mujahideen factions.
Hezb sources confirmed that the Jlrga has been trying since last week to bring an end to the power tussle between Pashtun leader Hekmatyar and Tajik commander Masood.
Sources said Haqqani s goal was to make the 11 -day-old ceasefire a permanent truce between a controversial ethnic Uzbek militia, which Is called with Masood's forces, and Hekmatyar's Mujahideen poised In the south and east of Kabul
Hekmatyar has so far refused to Join the government until the tough Uzbek militiamen are pulled out of Kabul.
There is a possibility that the two sides would declare "not to fight anymore." sources In Haqqani's delegation said. A decision might be announced Sunday, they added.
Leaders in the two camps were optimistic that a face-to-face meeting between Hekmatyar and Masood could take place "any day."
Hezb sources confirmed that talks were under way for the meeting and the two leaders could meet in the next couple of days.
"We hope the two sides would be able to find some basis for their future cooperation," Ghairat Baheer, a close aide of Hekmatyar, told AFP.