Rahmatullah Nabil, the ex-chief of the Afghan spy agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Tuesday alleged that President Ashraf Ghani’s unnecessary meddling in the works of government institutions has fueled political, security and social uncertainties in the country.
“Poor leadership and unnecessary interferences by President Ghani in various fields of politics, security and economy and even social sphere have forced us to move toward a strategic deadlock, this has increased the feelings of desperation among the people,” said Nabil.
Speaking to TOLOnews, Nabil argued that president Ghani’s interventions have deepened the scale of crisis in the country and it has also emboldened the terrorists, suggesting that leaders of the national unity government should either stop meddling or step down.
“The leaders (Ghani and Abdullah) now need to reawaken and tell the people that we couldn’t (succeed) and step down and provide the people with a clear path,” said Nabil.
He said that Monday’s suicide attack in Shahr-e-Naw in Kabul was planned to target his office.
“Haqqani and the Taliban sent me a message only one hour before the attack (on Monday night) that now it is your turn. But still I want to repeat my words about the execution of Anas Haqqani and other Taliban and they must be executed, I do not backpedal from my stance,” said Nabil.
Nabil accused Taliban’s brutal offshoot, the Haqqani terrorist network of plotting Monday night’s attack, asking the Afghan government to finalize the execution of the terrorists who have been sentenced to death.
“The president has conducted a series of consultations and discussions with the security officials to improve the security climate and about the general situations of the country,” said deputy presidential spokesman Shahhussain Murtazawi.
“Leaders of national unity government have been working only to pursue their personal and party interests and to weaken each other, they have posed serious harm to national unity,” said Nabil.
He said that the country is passing through a critical stage and called on the Afghan political elite to find a way out of the ongoing crisis.
There are some reports that the Haqqani network has placed Nabil on its blacklist after Nabil made several calls for the execution of Anas Haqqani.
Anas Haqqani is the brother of the network’s reclusive leader Sirajaduddin Haqqani. http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/27129-ghanis-meddling-deepened-national-issues-nabil
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