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The Hidden hand of Hizb-Ut-Tahrir behind the anti-American
violence in Afghanistan The demonstrations in Afghanistan
aginst the alleged desecration of the Quran, often culminating in
violence, which started at Jalalabad near the Pakistan border, have
since spread to the northern provinces of Parwan, Kapisa and Takhar,
Laghman in the east, Logar and Khost in the southeast and the
southern province of Kandahar. It also spread to Kabul itself on May
12,2005 and to Gaza on May 14, 2005.
 The students
spearheaded the demonstrations, in which a large number of educated
people participated. Remember the Taliban also began as a student
movement. In Pushto Talib means student. The latest demonstrations
were not spontaneous. They had been well-prepared, and were well-
organized and well-orchestrated. Groups of students went from town to
town instigating the local students to take to the streets against
the desecration of a religious symbol. Anyone remembers the Bamiyan Buddhas?
These protests have been orchestrated by the Hizbut Tehrir HUT.
The HUT has so far, come out in the open in only two theaters
Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. They are also quite active underground in
UK, Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Tajikistan Photo credits: US
News ____________________________
According to latest reports, ten out of the 34 provinces of
Afghanistan have been affected by the demonstrations and the
resulting violence. The anger of the demonstrators has been directed
not only against the US and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan,
but also against Pakistan and the UN and Western non-governmental
organisations functioning from Afghanistan. Their offices have been
attacked, causing considerable property damage everywhere.
Though there have been no fatalities inflicted on the security
forces by the demonstrators, seven civilians have so far been killed
and over 80 injured as a result of firing by the Afghan and American
security forces in order to disperse the demonstrators. Reports of
the demonstrations received from several towns indicate the following
common features:
The students spearheaded the demonstrations, in which a large number
of educated people participated. Remember the Taliban also began as a
student movement. In Pushto Talib means student. The latest
demonstrations were not spontaneous. They had been well-prepared, and
were well-organised and well-orchestrated. Groups of students went
from town to town instigating the local students to take to the
streets.
The demonstrators were not armed and confined their protests to
shouting anti-US and anti-Karzai slogans, burning American and
Pakistani flags and effigies of Bush, Karzai and Musharraf and
attacking properties like buildings and vehicles.
Elements from the Taliban and the Hizb-e-Islami, who were taken by
pleasant surprise by the students taking to the streets, subsequently
joined them.
Many members of the Police and the newly-raised Afghan Army showed
sympathy for the demonstrators and were reluctant to use force
against them when ordered to do so by their senior officers.
Reports from reliable Afghan sources indicate that the ant-US and
anti-Karzai demonstrations have been organised by the Hizbut Tehrir
(HT) and not by the Taliban or the Hizb-e-Islami or the Al Qaeda.
While one was aware of some HT activities in the student community in
Afghanistan, the extent of its penetration not only in the student
community, but also in the Afghan security forces has come as a
surprise. In their preoccupation with fighting their so-called war
against the Al Qaeda, the Taliban and the Hizb-e-Islami, the American
intelligence agencies and security forces seem to have remained
oblivious of the subterranean activities of the HT and have
consequently been taken totally by surprise. The HUT has come out
in the open in only two theaters Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. They are
also quite active underground in UK, Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and
Tajikistan. Story Credits: Saag
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