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| Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Qassim Fahim |
Mohammad
Attaei, IOL Afghanistan Correspondent
KABUL,
November 22 (IslamOnline) – Afghan security forces arrested on
Friday, November 22, an Iraqi who tried to assassinate Afghan Defense
Minister Mohammad Qassim Fahim before the Friday prayers in the grand
mosque in Kabul.
Afghan
security sources, which asked not to be named, said they intercepted
the Iraqi Thursday, November 21, and arrested him before
carrying out the attempted assassination.
The
sources said the Iraqi is likely one of the Afghan Arabs members in
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
On
November 6, a senior Afghan official said that the transitional
government would undertake some changes, a step that many experts
explained as a turn against the Northern Alliance (NA).
The
official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, in an exclusive
statement to IslamOnline, that the most significant changes will
include sacking General Mohamed Fahim, the Tajik Defense Minister in
the current transitional government and the leader of the NA.
Fahim
was said to be replaced by Marshal Shaouli Khan, an in-law of former
Afghan king Mohamed Zaher Shah or by the king's grandson, Mostafa
Zaher, he said, adding that Gul Agha Shirazi, Kandahar current ruler,
will be appointed as Interior Minister, replacing Tag Mohamed Wardek,
also from the NA.
The
new ruler of Kandahar will be one of the sons of Sayed Kayan, leader
of the Ismailis in Afghanistan, or Mohamed Zaher, the son of Hagi
Abdul-Gadir, the vice president and minister of public affairs who was
assassinated a few months ago in Kabul, the official added.
General
Abdul-Rashid Dostum will be appointed vice president of Afghan
President Hamid Karzai, he said, explaining that this means that
Dostum has to move to Kabul, away from his center of power in the
north of the country.
"Removing
Dostum - known for his rudeness and brutality - away from his area of
influence will weaken him and this will be the first step in the way
of removing him from any political post," the official told
IslamOnline.
Appointing
General Dostum as vice president will probably take place in a bid to
win the support of Uzbek nationals in Afghanistan, whom make up 6.6%
of the population, against the Tajiks who make up 30%.
Ismail
khan, the powerful ruler of Herat who is in complete control of the
city, will also be sacked, the senior official added.
The
Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a report released Tuesday, November 5, in
New York, has accused the U.S. and Iran of cooperating with Ismail
Khan accused by the organization of violating human rights.
The
organization has also requested from charity and emergency
organizations in Afghanistan not to supply Khan with any form of aid.
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