Tajikistan declared war on Afghanistan, providing the asylum of the Afghan opposition, said the founder of the Islamic Party of Afghanistan, ex-prime minister of the country Gulbeddin Hekmatiyar. The response of the Afghan authorities, according to him, may be the provision of asylum of the “armed Tajik opposition.” Fergana news agency writes that the video with Hekmatiyar’s statement was published on May 7 on the Barya TV YouTube channel and came into view of the Tajik media. When the record was made, it is unknown.
“You, covering the Afghan armed opposition in your country, know what this means? This is nothing more than a declaration of war to Afghanistan. … Unfortunately, Dushanbe with a certain share of arrogance states that it supports them (opposition), And he wants them to receive at least 40% of the seats in the government of Afghanistan. Of course, this means a declaration of war to Afghanistan, ”he said (transfer from Dari Asia -Plus”).
Fergana suggests that by the Afghan opposition, Gulbeddin Hekmatiyar, obviously, implies the front of the national resistance of Afghanistan, which wages the armed struggle with the Taliban movement. According to him, Tajikistan helps with his actions the armed opponents of the current Afghan authorities. Due to the “hostile, unilateral and unreasonable policy of Tajikistan,” Afghanistan will be forced to “provide the asylum of the armed Tajik opposition”, Hekmatiyar warned.
What “armed Tajik opposition” we are talking about, Hekmatiyar did not explain. It is known that in Afghanistan the Jamaat Ansarullah group has been operating for many years, which was created by the Tajik religious radicals that emerged from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. In Tajikistan, it is recognized as terrorist and prohibited.
Gulbeddin Hekmatiyar is a famous Afghan field commander, in 1975 he founded the Khizb-i-Islami party. In the 1980s, he was one of the leaders of the Afghan Mujahideen who fought against the Soviet military presence in the country. Until the first coming to power of the Taliban in 1996, for some time was the Prime Minister of Afghanistan. Then he left the country and returned from the 20 -year emigration in 2017 – after signing a peace agreement with former President Ashraf Gani, who guaranteed the amnesty of Hekmatia and his supporters. Currently supports the power of the Taliban.