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Pakistan must be considered
criminal: Rabbani government

The Rabbani regime in Afghanistan has described terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden as an "arch enemy" of Islam and said the Pakistan government and its intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, must be considered "criminals" for encouraging the Saudi renegade's activities.

"The Pakistani government, and especially the ISI policy-makers and high-ranking military officers, who are behind the alliance between Laden, the Taleban and other extremist religious groups, must be considered criminals," representative of the Rabbani regime in the United Nations, Ravan Farhadi, said.

Describing Laden as the "arch enemy" of Islam, Farhadi criticised the Taleban for providing shelter to him.

Despite several attempts by Pakistan, the UN does not recognise the Taleban regime in Afghanistan and the country is still represented by the Burhanuddin Rabbani government.

Farhadi said the Taleban did not represent Afghanistan, nor did they represent the Pashtuns. Rather, they had been "imposed" by a foreign country, he said.

"There is no absolute ethnic majority in Afghanistan. However, all Afghans are extremely patriotic and do not tolerate foreign domination, even if it is disguised as religion. The Afghan patriotic resistance, comprising all ethnic groups, could never be suppressed,"

Farhadi cautioned that no political system could be maintained in Afghanistan unless it is broad-based, multi-ethnic and fully representative, as called for by numerous UN resolutions.

Stating that an independent, peaceful and stable Afghanistan would serve the legitimate interests of all neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, Farhadi appealed to all member states to help the "weary" people of the country in their battle against terrorism.

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