| Post Taliban government plans destroyed By Cecilie Haug Friday, the rebel leader Abdul Haq was executed by the Taliban regime. The loss has been devastating for the creation of a post Taliban leadership. Without Abdul Haq the work of creating an alternative government has to start all over again. Haq�s political mission was to split the Taliban regime, and create an alternative government for the Afghan people. "It was a devastating blow to Afghanistan, currently and in the future, because this was one of the very few people who was trying to bring about a sensible cohesion for the future of the country," said author and friend Kurt Lohbeck. Haq was working with the US intelligence office, and was carrying important documents at the time of the capture. Abdul Haq successfully led the Mujahedeen in the Sovjet war in the 1980s. He left the Taliban after they allegedly killed his family in 1999, and went into exile in Pakistan. "He was a devout Muslim, a dedicated patriot, but he also looked forward to a modern world for Afghanistan to enter the 21st century. That's what he was working on when he was killed." Lohbeck said Though Haq was crucially important he was not the only hope of the Americans. They have another exiled anti-Taliban leader, Hamid Karzai, who is believed to be on a similar misson in Afaganistan. |
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