ລັດຖະບານອັຟການີສຖານກ່າວອ້າງວ່າ ຜູ້ນຳຕາລີບັນທີ່ຫຼົບລີ້ໜີ
ກົດໝາຍ Mullah Omar ໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດ ເມື່ອ 2 ປີກ່ອນ ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ພາ
ໃຫ້ມີຄວາມສົງໄສຢ່າງໜັກ ທີ່ວ່າ ການໂອ້ລົມເຈ ລະຈາສັນຕິພາບ
ໃນຮອບຕໍ່ໄປ ລະຫວ່າງກາບູລ ແລະກຸ່ມຕາລິບັນ ຈະດຳເນີນຕໍ່ໄປ
ຫຼືບໍ່?
ໃນວັນພະຫັດມື້ນີ້ ຖະແຫຼງຂ່າວທີ່ສົ່ງທາງອີແມລສະບັບນຶ່ງ ຈາກ
ໂຄສົກກຸ່ມຕາລິບັນ ທ່ານ Zabiullah Mujahid ໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ ສຳນັກ
ງານທາງດ້ານການເມືອງຂອງກຸ່ມ ໃນນະຄອນ Doha ປະເທດ
Qatar ບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບຮູ້ເຖິງການເຈລະຈາສັນຕິພາບຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງຊອບ
ທຳໃດໆທີ່ ມີຂຶ້ນ ໃນປາກິສຖານ ຫຼືຈີນ.
ຖະແຫຼງການສະບັບນີ້ກ່າວວ່າ: “ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ຍິນຈາກລາຍງານຂ່າວວ່າ ການເຈລະຈາຮອບທີ 2 ລະຫວ່າງ Islamic Emirate ແລະ ລັດຖະບານ Kabul ຈະເລີ້ມໃນໄວໆນີ້ ທີ່ ປາກີສຖານ ຫຼືບໍ່ກໍ ຈີນ. Islamic Emirate ໄດ້ມອບສິດອຳນາດທັງໝົດຂອງຕົນໃຫ້ແກ່ຫ້ອງການການເມືອງທີ່ Doha ປະເທດ Qatar ແລະວ່າພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າບໍ່ຮູ້ເຖິງຂັ້ນຕອນ ທີ່ວ່ານີ້.”
ເປັນທີ່ຄາດກັນວ່າ ການເຈລະຈາໃນຮອບຕໍ່ໄປ ທີ່ມີການຄາດຄະເນກັນໄວ້ເປັນຢ່າງສູງນັ້ນ ຈະເລີ້ມຂຶ້ນໃນສັບປະດານີ້ ໃນປາກີສຖານ ແລະຈະຮວມທັງການສົນທະນາກ່ຽວກັບການຕົກລົງຢຸດຍິງທີ່ອາດເປັນໄປໄດ້ ຫຼັງຈາກການເຈລະຈາຮອບທຳອິດທີ່ໃຫ້ກຳລັງໃຈ ໃນເດືອນກໍລະກົດຜ່ານມາ.
ໃນນະຄອນ Islamabad ໂຄສົກຂອງກະຊວງການຕ່າງປະເທດປາກິສຖານ ທ່ານ Qazi Khalilullah ໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ ຄວາມພະຍາຍາມ ທີ່ຈະຈັດໃຫ້ມີການເຈລະຈາຮອບສອງນີ້ ແມ່ນກຳລັງດຳເນີນຢູ່.
ທ່ານ Khalilullah ໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ “ປາກີສຖານແມ່ນຜູ້ຊ່ອຍອຳນວຍຄວາມສະດວກ ໃນການ ເຈລະຈາສັນຕິພາບທີ່ອັຟການິສຖານເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງ ແລະອັຟການິສຖານເປັນຜູ້ນຳພາ ແລະ ຂັ້ນຕອນການສ້າງຄວາມປອງດອງຊາດໃນອັຟການີສຖານ. ຄວາມພະຍາຍາມນີ້ແມ່ນໄດ້ ມີຂຶ້ນເພື່ອອຳນວຍຄວາມສະດວກໃຫ້ແກ່ການເຈລະຈາສັນຕິພາບຮອບສອງ ລະຫວ່າງ ກຸ່ມຕາລິບັນ ແລະລັດຖະບານອັຟການິສຖານ.” ທ່ານບໍ່ໄດ້ກ່າວເນັ້ນເຖິງວັນເວລາທີ່ແນ່ນອນ ຫຼືແມ້ນແຕ່ລາຍອຽດຂອງການເຈລະຈາດັ່ງກ່າວ. ໂຄສົກຍັງໄດ້ກ່າວອີກວ່າປາກີສຖານ ກຳລັງ
ສຶກສາ ເບິ່ງລາຍງານກ່ຽວກັບການຕາຍຂອງຜູ້ນຳຕາລີບັນ Mullah Omar ຢູ່.
ທ່ານໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: “ຂ່າວລື ກ່ຽວກັບການຕາຍຂອງຜູ້ນຳຕາລີບັນ Mullah Omar ໄດ້ມີມາ ຊົ່ວໄລຍະນຶ່ງແລ້ວ ເພາະສະນັ້ນ ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ຂອງພວກເຮົາ ກໍກຳລັງພະຍາຍາມກວດກາເບິ່ງ ລາຍງານນີ້ຢູ່.”
The Afghan government's claim that fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar died two years ago has cast serious doubt on whether the next round of peace talks between between Kabul and the Taliban will go forward.
"We have heard from the news media that the second round of talks between the Islamic Emirate and the Kabul administration will start soon in Pakistan or China. The Islamic Emirate has handed all authorisation to its political office (in Doha, Qatar) and they are not aware of this process," the statement said.
The next round of highly-anticipated talks was expected to start this week in Pakistan and include discussion of a possible Taliban ceasefire deal, following the encouraging first round in early July.
In Islamabad, foreign ministry spokesman Qazi Khalilullah said efforts to hold a second round of talks were ongoing.
Pakistan 'facilitating' peace process
"Pakistan has been facilitating an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. Efforts are being made for facilitating the second round of peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and Afghan government," he said. He did not mention a specific date or agenda for the talks. The spokesman also said Pakistan was looking into the reports of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death.
"Rumours about his death have been circulating for sometime now." he said. "Our authorities, therefore, are trying to check the varsity of the reports."
In a statement released Wednesday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said, "The government of Afghanistan believes that grounds for the Afghan peace talks are more paved now than before, and thus calls on all armed opposition groups to seize the opportunity and join the peace process."
But Mullah Omar's reported death leaves no obvious leader to represent an insurgent movement that has long been prone to factional infighting.
The Taliban has not confirmed his death. Statements attributed to two Taliban spokesmen on Wednesday, Zabiullah Mujahid and Qari Muhammad Yousuf, both flatly denied that the one-eyed guerilla commander was dead.
Dead in 2013
Afghan government officials said Wednesday that Mullah Omar died in 2013 in Pakistan.
"He was very sick in a Karachi hospital and died suspiciously there," Abdul Hassib Seddiqi, the spokesman for Afghanistan's main intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, said. He did not explain what was suspicious about the death, or say how long his agency had possessed information about Omar's fate.
President Ashraf Ghani's office also said Omar died in 2013.
In Washington, the White House said the reports of Omar's death appeared credible and that U.S. intelligence authorities are looking into the circumstances of his death.
Mullah Omar had made no public appearances nor presented direct evidence he is alive for at least five years. Previous reports of his death that appeared in news media in the region never gained wide circulation.
The most recent Taliban message said to be from Mullah Omar, distributed earlier this month, endorsed the Afghan peace talks as "legitimate" in terms of Islamic principles. The reclusive cleric was quoted as saying he would not oppose peaceful negotiations if they could help end "U.S.-led foreign occupation" of Afghanistan and establish an Islamic system of government in the country.
Mullah Omar led the Taliban when U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States. The Taliban supported al-Qaida and sheltered its leader at the time, Osama bin Laden, who took credit for planning the attack by hijacked airliners that killed nearly 3,000 people in the U.S.
In the aftermath of the 2001 attacks the U.S. government offered large rewards for the capture of many al-Qaida and Taliban leaders. A $10 million bounty was offered for Mullah Omar.
Omar had been the supreme commander and spiritual leader of Afghanistan since 1996. After fleeing into Pakistan, he dropped out of sight after the U.S. invasion that followed the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
