ISLAMABAD – Afghan Taliban response over the two Presidents in Afghanistanfor the first time in history.
The Taliban group reacted to parallel swearing-in ceremonies of AbdullahAbdullah and Ashraf Ghani due to be held in capital Kabul today.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has said the disagreements between theAfghan leaders and the swearing-in ceremonies threatens the peace process.
“We don’t think they will make it to getting ready for the intra-Afghantalks on March 10, because of … the disagreement between the politiciansthat is even leading to two swearing-in ceremonies,” Mujahid was quoted assaying by The News.
He also added “Instead of swearing in, we want them to focus onintra-Afghan talks. We call upon them to leave the internal disagreements,stop the swearing in, and work for peace.”
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The Independent Election Commission announced incumbent Ashraf Ghani as thewinner of the controversial presidential elections last month.
However, Ghani’s rival Abdullah Abdullah said he had won the presidentialrace insisting that he would form a parallel government.
According to reports, both Abdullah and Ghani have issued invitations toparallel swearing-in ceremonies.
