Special Dispatch No. 4866 Following are excerpts from an interview with Nasser Al-Bahri, former bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden, which aired on Alaan TV on July 18, 2012. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3506.htm. Nasser Al-Bahri: "Since the commander-in-chief [Sayf Al-Adl] returned to Afghanistan, I expect something to happen in the next couple of years. There will be large-scale targets." Interviewer: "What kind of thing? An attack?" Nasser Al-Bahri: "Of course, attacks. I expect great strikes against the US and the Western coalition in the near future, because many of the people..." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6565.htm. Special Dispatch No. 4865 Note to media and government: For a full copy of this report, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email. In recent years, officials from Hizb-e-Islami, the second largest terrorist group in Afghanistan after the Taliban, have held talks with Afghan and U.S. officials over a peaceful solution of the Afghan conflict. Provided below are excerpts from an interview by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Hizb-e-Islami's fugitive chief in Afghanistan. The interview was published by dailyshahadat.com, a Pashtu-language website that is aligned with Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, which also operates as a political party in Kabul. Hekmatyar is believed to be hiding somewhere in Pakistan, and several leaders of his party are based in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. In the interview, Hekmatyar, former prime minister of Afghanistan, outlines his group's position on the conflict underway in Afghanistan and the recently signed Afghan-U.S. strategic pact, which permits U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014. The fugitive militant commander notes that the pact contravenes Islamic principles, noting that Koranic injunctions make it clear that a Muslim who supports infidels is considered to have removed himself from the Islamic faith. "[The Afghan-U.S. Strategic Agreement] Emphasizes [The Continuation Of] War In Afghanistan And The Region, And The Continuation Of Afghanistan's Occupation" Question: "When and under what conditions will Hizb-e-Islami resume talks with the Afghan government, considering that it has suspended the dialogue and not ended it?" Gulbuddin Hekmatyar: "Our basic condition for talks with the Kabul government is the complete withdrawal of foreign forces and the holding of free and fair elections after the independence of the country [is attained]. Before the last round of negotiations, we received a message from the opposite side [i.e. the Afghan government] that they were in agreement over the basic points of Hizb-e-Islami's proposal. The Hizb-e-Islami delegation visited Kabul after receiving the message. [Afghan President] Mr. [Hamid] Karzai told the delegation that they were in agreement with the entire proposal, apart from article five, which concerns the present parliament. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6564.htm. To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM). For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line. MEMRI offers an additional option for jihad and terrorism news – the Global Jihad News (GJN) website (http://www.memriglobaljihadnews.org/). Access is by annual subscription – now available at a special price of $260; to subscribe, visit the MEMRI E-Store and use the discount code SUMMER 2012 at checkout.
MEMRI Daily: August 5, 2012
Nasser Al-Bahri, Former Bodyguard Of Osama Bin Laden: There Will Be Large-Scale Attacks Against The West In The Near Future
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar: The Continued American Military Presence [In Afghanistan] Can Mean Nothing But Continuation Of Occupation; Afghans Have No Option Or Choice But To Continue Jihad And Resistance'
Fugitive Hizb-e-Islami Chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Sunday, 5 August 2012
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