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Coutrie. Super Power(The So-Called Natural India, and Seilths and Since We Have Commonhistoric Relations with Business Classin..Aighanistan 7CL. II NO, 3. DATE, a-L-1906 NEWS Jamiat i-fslami Afghanistan Post Box No 264, G P 0Peshatvar-Pakistan FOU AFGI-211.143 TO INDIIiiTS which has been iwpoted on us.We Je ::_fghans areengaged in a war it introduced ,analien did not 411Q th e:0=moun.i.st.coup of 1978 because threat to ourreligion, culture and inde- way oflife to us. It posed a the ,:ovuLunist used forceand peladerce, Rixt Nikeresisted peacefully but These were internal pro- 6e were compelled to take armsand fight back. 11.:e those in yourcountry. for liberation In 1979 the ':ed Armyentered Afghanistan. Cur wax people of the world to suppi. started. We expectedall the peace-loving j-aternational laws conCexlaillii art us because allthe accepted other countries and thelLght respects non,intezzaxencein the affairs of govqrnuent were violatedby a of the people todetermine their type of allies of the third world.coutrie. super power(the so-called natural India, and Seilths and Since we have commonhistoric relations with business classin..Aighanistan. .:Undus minorities werethe previliged governrient (without amoment of hes- Je expected theIndian people and supported the people ofAfg. itation) to have rejectedthe invasion and against Anericaninvolvement hanistan. To Indiawho had been outspoken their independentpolicy in -7ietnam, it was atesting ground to show andtheir true non-alignedstatus. the Indian governmenttook is not 2.ut we are sorrythat the position They even abstainedto vote in what the People ofAfghanistan expected. for the withdrawalof foriegn favour of thoseresolutions which asked have informationthat Ind- troops fromAfghanistan. Worse than what we becoming more abul and even theirmilitary advisors are , Ian diplomats in Delhi has become involved in the waragainst the peopleof Afghanistan. dis- agents to the Westand the centre of the oring board of Khad shape and that issending information. iTow anotherconspiracy is taking show that the pupet reg- so-called Indian nuslimdelegation to l',abul to and puppet regime cannot res- ime is respectingIslamic values. Soviet guns. They do pect Islam but theyrespect the powerof the Lujahideen and tempels. not res-aect our mosquesnot your mosques 2.ilnal Je are not inviting Indians to declare.war against the Soviets. dhat we want them to do is to show their unhappiness about the inva- sionof an independent country and the suffering of millions of its innocent people. You can be a friend of some one but, at the same time tell him about what he is doing wrong. The present Indian government policy towards Afghanistan is the following of the Soviet's path and it is a great shame if the largest democracy in the world is following the biggest dictatorship of the world. THE SITUATION IN MAZAR-E-SHARIF Lazar Sharif is famous for its organized and effective resistance against the Soviet invaders. This city which is very close to the Sov- iet border has been the scene of Eujahideen activities against the Sov- iets and their puppets. An eyewitness who has just returned from the area recently descr- ibed the situation good. Lujahideen parties reached an agreement on escalating the war against the Soviets and their puppets. Since then the level of activities in the form of raids, ambushes and assassina- tion of the enemy agents has increased. In order to control the city better, the Soviets built 30 wide streets in the eastern part of Lazar and are building security posts along these streets., A lot of houses were demolished and Lujahideen lost some of their hideouts. 1,.ujahideen of Mazar use the time-bomb effectively. For example, two buses which were carrying Afghan pilots from the city to the air- port were blown up last summer and 23 pilots were killed. The puppet regime built houses in a relatively secure part of the city to accommodate communist officials. They called this new section After Fujahideen intensified their attack against this area, they started to let ordinary people settle there. This was done tc dissuade Lujahideen from attacking the area. a result of the martyrdom of a rujahideen urban Commander which happeriedlast summer, the level of fighting inside the city had gone down considerably, but now his Lujahideen have returned back and the level of fighting has risen again. The martyred Commander was rohammad Seddique belonging to Jamiat Islami of Afghanistan. The Soviets are trying to secure Lazar by building a big road all round Lazar city and by putting security posts all along the road. They call this green belt" . Lujahideen are fighting to stop it from being built. The witness said that the Soviets have extended a power transmission line from the Soviet Union to Lazar. It seems that the Soviets are af- raid of 107mm ground-to-ground rockets and have started to build bunk- ers to protect themselves. L-Ladio 3alkh which is controlled by the puppet regime is broadcasting in local languages. Lujahideen do not have any means to fight the enemy propaganda. 3-- NEWS roW4,411,1.0w01.11116.6.40camina 26-12-1985 After severe clashes the enemyretreated from Jaravvalleyand the garrison of ZLeraman was evacuated.Dara is a side valley ofFanjshir. 25-12-S5 The enemy launched a winteroffensive against Lujahideenin Shemali. Lujahideen in Charikar, Jabulsaraj,.Kohistan and 1:apisa haveresisted well and the enemy has sufferedcasualties. Ho details have beengiven yet. Bombardment of Salang from air andground continues during bothnight and day. One Jet was shot downin Nowoch village of Salang.The poli.. tical Commissar of regiment 32has been killed in recentfighting in the Panjshir. 7-12=85 Vujahideen of Jamilat in Kohistanattacked a security outpost ofGul- bahar TextileFactory. A big number of the enemy troops were killed or -rounded. Two guns were captured. OneLujahid was martyred during the operation. :i-85 Lujahideen of Jamilat Islani ambushed an enemy convoyon Salang highway between Jabalsarj-Charikar section. Three AFC's and 4 trucks were destroyed.Ten Soviet soldiers werekilled and seven others were wounded andthe road was blocked for onehour. 3-12-85 Lujahideen attacked Charikar city withheavy weapons, 12 Communists mere killed and 20 others werewounded. All the puppet regime'soff- ices in the city remained closed on thatday. ANOTHER SOVIET CAPTURED 1:Aljahidebn of jamiat in Eazar captured aSoviet soldier in Earmul area in the first week of November. No moredetails have been given yet. THE NEW SPOKESEAN OF THEALLIANCE s,ayed Ahmad Jailani, the leader ofNational Islamic Front of Afghan- istan was chosen as the spokesman of theIslamic Alliance of Lujahideen of Afghanistan for 3 months, fromJanuary 1st 1935. He will lead the Alliance delegation tothe Islamic countries (foriegn ministers conference) which is going to beheld in iorocco. de wish him every success in his newjob. A BRAVE OFFICER Dagram is the biggest Soviet airbasein Afghanistan. 3agram in the past has been altacked-from outside byLujahideen or from inside by muslim officers. - Eohammad In the month of Saratan(Jun-July) of 1965, captain Dost tried to set a time-bombin a cinema hall inside thebase where the Soviet officers were supposed towatch a film. He was betrayedby a soldier who washelping him do the job. The Soviets tortured him to exposehis friends. He admittedinvolve- ment in the bombing andsaid that he had carried outthis this type of operation in the past.He did not reveal any ofhis friends and said that he had directconnections with Dajahideen frontsoutside the base, no body from amongthe officers was helpinghim, The brave officer told theSoviets that he is not sorryfor his past if he is freed he wouldcontinue to do these types ofthings. Soviet-puppet alt He was executed indaylight in front of the whole force personnel in the base.Peace be upon him. CaptainDost Lohammad affiliated with Jamiat Islami was from :lohistanof 7,apisa province and of _fghanistan. SIGNS OF FAV.INE IN N.WAFGHANISTAN -aeort from Ghoor and3adghis provinces, located inthe North-West in these areas. luj- of :,fghanistanl-say thatthere are signs of famine ahideen leaders are worriedabout the food situationin these areas. The famine in the area is theresult of Soviet scorched-earthpolicy and killing cattles. of burning harvests,destroying irrigation channels worsening of the -:ac.: of enough rain fallis also contributing to the situation. The resistane in these twoprovinces have been veryactive in the past seven years and thercIs good coopertion ong ujccenof the area. voLojt1..o,2 14-4 1- IEWS J4aii.t3am Afehaviltan Poi BOX No 264 G P 0 Peshairar-Pakietta BASELESS OPTIMISM After the summit talks between the super powers andthe proximity talks in Geneva one could see increasedoptimism among the media about a political settlement for the Afghanissue. This optimism was'based on the way that the Sovietsexpressed their view about Afghanistan in the summit talks and thechange of tone in the Soviet official media.Littl;i' attention was paid to what they were saying. Soviet leaders who knowthe desire of the world for peace started to play on this noble wish,to mint- mize political pressure en them. The Soviets were softtowards America and did not accuse her of having hundreds oftraining bases along the borders of Afghanistan. No softness was shownto- wards the Afghan people On the military side war is continuing on aneven higher level than in previous years. The Soviets insistence on direct talks between the puppet regi:-,2e and Pakistan is part of their plan tu get recognitionof the puppet regime and give nothing in return, The offer of direct talks is an attempt-to put pressure on the Pakistan government to change its position. It is apolitical offensive to relieve the Soviets from the pressure ofdefeat in the U.N and the consequences of the U.N Human Rightscommission's repor t on violation of Human Rights in Afghanistan.
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