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Střelba vypukla při vojenské přehlídce, která se za přítomnosti afghánského prezidenta Hamída Karzáího měla konat v neděli v hlavním městě Kábulu. Oznámily to tiskové agentury, podle nichž byl Karzáí i další vysocí činitelé převezeni do bezpečí. K útoku se přihlásilo afghánské hnutí Tálibán.
Responsibility for the attack on the April 27 parade has been claimed by the Islamic Party of Afghanistan of Gulbuddin Hekmatiyar, although initially the Taliban was blamed. ... Notably, neither the Islamic Party of Afghanistan nor the Taliban have renounced responsibility for the attack.
The Islamic Party of Afghanistan of Gulbuddin Hekmatiyar has claimed responsibility for the attack, although initially the Taliban was blamed ... Neither the IPA nor the Taliban have denied responsibility for the attack. ------------------- It seems nothing is as simple and straightforward as it seems. I should point out that the site is Russian, and the Russians have pretty good reasons not to like Hekmatyar, just as the US has good reasons to be notably silent about his complicity in the attempted removal of another of their protégés.
Gulbuddin Hekmatiyar is a well-known figure from the period of fighting against the Soviets (supported by the US/CIA and Pakistan at the time) and one of the field commanders whose forces were defeated/pushed out of Afghanistan by the Taliban in the civil war. He returned to power only after the US invasion.
The Taliban as the sole culprit in the assassination attempt is incomparably more politically expedient - the complicity (or even the main involvement) of Hekmatyar's IPA in the assassination attempt on the Afghan President could expose very serious fissures in the declared unity of the Afghan government and its deep internal divisions. In doing so, it is clear that members of the IPA, or individuals with their support, would have stood a much better chance of reaching Kabul armed and as close to their target as they did than members of the hostile Taliban.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/27-04-2008-Taliban-se-pokusil-o-atentat-na-afghanskeho-prezidenta-t71871#253913
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