Word: rabbani
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...relinquished power to local Pashtun chieftains. But these Pashtuns would rise against any attempt by the Northern Alliance to push south from Kabul. They wouldn't necessarily unite as a Pashtun army, but every Pashtun tribe - and they're all armed to the teeth - would take a shot at Rabbani's men if they ventured out of Kabul...
...agenda is almost certain to be the question of an international security force. While there may be a growing consensus among foreign observers and many Afghans on the need for some form of neutral security force to be deployed from outside, the Northern Alliance is having none of it. Rabbani insists that Afghanistan is secure and needs no more foreign troops within its borders, and strong opposition from the Alliance appears to have persuaded Britain to delay the deployment of an advance guard of potential peacekeeping troops. It's not hard to see why the Alliance would oppose foreign intervention...
...real apportioning of power in t he post-Taliban Afghanistan may be occurring far away from the Koenigswinter talks. Rabbani pointedly stayed away, and so did most other contenders. But the former president, whose tenure is remembered as a time of vicious internecine fighting among the riv al mujahedeen commanders who had appointed him, remains an astute operator. He may have stayed away from Germany, but Rabbani is reported to be planning to visit Pakistan for talks with President Musharraf. Pakistan has traditionally been fiercely opposed to an Alliance backed by old foes such as Russia and India...
...Across the table from the emissaries of Rabbani and Uzbek warlord General Rashid Dostum sit three delegations whose co mbined weight isn't even close to that of the Northern Alliance: A deputation sent by the exiled King Zahir Shah; another representing Pakistan-based Pashtun warlords loyal to the king; and a third representing exiled intellectuals and Iran-backed Pashtun mujahedeen commanders. Most notably absent, are not only the Taliban, but also representatives of the Pashtun tribal leaders and warlords who have filled the void left by the retreating zealots in much of southern Afghanistan. The Pashtun are Afghanistan...
...field, not represented at Koenigswinter. The Northern Alliance, of course, is far from monolithic, and although its prefers to be known as the "United Front" is not exactly united on just who should govern Afghanistan and how. There has been obvious battlefield competition between Tajik militias loyal to Rabbani and those of Uzbek warlord G eneral Rashid Dostum, while the Alliance's ethnic Hazaras even marched on Kabul to stake their own claim on power when the Tajik forces seized the city. And the Alliance's Uzbek and Hazara leaders have shown little enthusiasm for bringing back Rabbani. Making facts...