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Pashto leader Gailani says Afghan deal `unbalanced`
Ethnic Pashtun spiritual leader Sayed Ahmad Gailani said on Thursday a power-sharing deal agreed by Afghan faction leaders in Germany was `unjust`.
Ethnic Pashtun spiritual leader Sayed Ahmad Gailani said on Thursday a power-sharing deal agreed by Afghan faction leaders in Germany was "unjust".
"Injustices have been committed in the distribution of ministries," he told a news conference in Islamabad. "Those who had an important role in the jihad (against Soviet occupation) have not been represented."
"Injustices have been committed in the distribution of ministries," he told a news conference in Islamabad. "Those who had an important role in the jihad (against Soviet occupation) have not been represented."
"Although the new set-up is not so balanced, I still hope the United Nations will form a committee on getting people together for a Loya Jirga (traditional assembly) so that in later steps things are settled," he said.
Gailani, who leads the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan and is a supporter of deposed King Zahir Shah, was represented at the nine-day conference in Bonn by his son Hamed Gailani.
Asked if he saw the Taliban as a destabilising factor in the future, Gailani said: "I believe they (the Taliban) do not exist as a movement any longer. As ordinary Afghans they are part of the nation."
Bureau Report