AFGHANISTAN ON THE BRINK: THE AFGHAN MEDIA SPEAKS OUT
Six years after the American-led military intervention in Afghanistan, the country is more unstable and dangerous than at any time since the ouster of the Taliban regime in late 2001. As the situation worsens, more and more stake-holders in the new Afghanistan are beginning to speak out against Western policy. The new Afghan media – which has been largely loyal to the Americans in Afghanistan – is beginning to speak out against the abuses and failures of the West. This development does not bode well for Washington, not least because dominating the “propaganda war” in Afghanistan is a central plank of its “long war” strategy.
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN AFGHANISTAN: FORMER SPOKESMAN, DR KAMAL EL-HELBAWY EXPLAINS THE HISTORY
In this rare and detailed interview Dr. Kamal El-Helbawy explains the Muslim Brotherhood’s historical involvement in the Afghanistan. Dr. Helbawy sets the record straight on the Muslim Brotherhood’s involvement in the Afghan Jihad and describes in detail what went wrong following the liberation of Kabul in April 1992. Moreover, Dr. Helbawy explains his vision for the future of the war-torn country.
AFGHAN LEADERRS RESENT AMERICAN PRESENCE: DELJOO HOSSEINI SPEAKS OUT -
A former minister in the first Mujahideen government that formed in May 1992, Deljoo Hosseini is now a powerful exiled voice of the Afghan opposition. Hosseini tells Islamism Digest that the ruling political establishment in Kabul is doomed and that all legitimate Afghan political forces want to see an end to the American-led occupation of their country.
HERAT AND THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: INTERVIEW WITH HUJJATUL-ISLAM GHOLAM SAKHI MESBAH HERATI
A Shi’i cleric and a former resistance leader in the 1980s, Hujjatul-Islam Herati talks to Islamism Digest about the situation in Herat. Mesbah Herati condemns the failures of the Western alliance and concludes that the only way to extricate Afghanistan from another looming disaster is for American and NATO-led forces to outline a timetable for their withdrawal.
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