Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Regarding the Mass Murders of Civilians in Kunduz
Ramadan 14, 1430 A.H, September 5, 2009
In the name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Compassionate
It is to be said with great sorrow and grief that the merciless crusaders once
again resorted to killing tens of common people in Haji Abdur Rahman village,
Ali Abad district, Kunduz province last night as a result of a ruthless
bombardment. Those who were killed belonged to this area and the surrounding
villages.
They were taking fuel from the tankers which had been left behind by the enemy
who had fled after an armed clash in the area (with (Mujahideen).
Due to poverty and penury, the people had gathered to take fuel from the tankers
without owner. They were busy taking fuel, when American jets made heavy
bombardment and killed 150 villagers most of them children and adolescents.
This crime and atrocity, in the eye of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is
intolerable. We strongly condemn this atrocious event and consider the members
of the Crusading Alliance and the surrogate officials of the Kabul regime the
sole perpetrators of this callous and merciless act. We view them as despicable
for this deed of theirs.
We are sharing the pains and grief of the families who have lost their members
or received injuries in this horrendous event. We pray to Allah, the Almighty to
accept the martyrdom of the martyrs and bestow patience and substitute on the
bereaved families.
This horrific event in Kunduz province occurs in a time that the defense
minister of the puppet administration in Kabul had accused Mujahideen yesterday
of having killed hundreds of common people last month. He also tried to
implicate Mujahideen in some pre-planned explosions and events which, in fact,
is the handiwork of the intelligence agencies of the invaders.
Our esteemed countrymen may have taken notice of the claims of the governor of
Kunduz as he said the event was the result of the tankers explosion brought
about by the internal quarrelling of the people present there. But his endeavor
to veil this event came to fail when the spokeswoman of NATO confirmed the news
of bombardment.
In our view, the dreadful event in Kunduz is a clear-cut crime and intentional
genocide. This can never be justified by saying this was a mistake.
We urge the human rights watch and human rights advocacy institutes, the United
Nations and all independent entities and governments to strongly condemn this
event and fulfill their humane and moral duty to prevent such events from being
repeated in future.
We remind the perpetrators of this event, the Obama administration, and the
leadership of NATO and the surrogates of Kabul that you will never be able to
weaken the determination of a free people who have decided to continue their
struggle for an Islamic system and independence of the country. Such crimes and
bestiality only unveil their anti-human feature which they have kept concealed
from the people of the world until now.
The leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan expresses its sympathy with
the miserable and oppressed people and prays to Allah, the Almighty to fold up
the black blanket of the occupation of the Crusaders from our beloved country so
that our people will take a breath of solace in the shade of an Islamic system
and an independent regime.
This is an easy task for Allah to accomplish.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan