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Afghanistan's anti-Taliban Northern Alliance has asked the United Nations to send teams to Kabul to help in the post-Taliban peace process.
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Afghanistan's anti-Taliban Northern Alliance has asked the United Nations to send teams to Kabul to help in the post-Taliban peace process.
Northern Alliance's Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said Tuesday at a news conference in Kabul that the alliance had invited the United Nations to send teams to the Afghan capital of Kabul to help build a post-Taliban government, according to reports reaching here Tuesday night from there.
The Northern Alliance entered the war-ravaged capital Tuesday morning five days after they captured the northern strategic town of Mazar-e-Sharif. Reports from Kabul said that the alliance forces met no resistance when they entered the capital as the Taliban had withdrawn their forces earlier.
Since the capture of Mazar-e-Sharif, the United States, Britain and Pakistan have urged the Northern Alliance to stay out of Kabul to allow time for the constitution of an interim setup which will eventually lead to the establishment of much desired broad-based, multi-ethnic government in the war-torn country.
Abdullah denied reports that the Northern Alliance fighters had massacred Taliban soldiers in areas they captured during the last five days.
The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 100 Taliban fighters hiding in a school had been executed in Mazar-e-Sharif which the alliance captured on November 9.
The Northern Alliance foreign minister has invited all Afghan groups to come to Kabul to start negotiations on the future of Afghanistan.
"We invite all Afghan groups at this stage to come to Kabul and to start negotiations about the future of Afghanistan and to speed up negotiations," he told the news conference, stressing that the future of Afghanistan cannot be forced by foreign forces.
However, the alliance official said that any government to be formed would pose no threat to Afghanistan's neighbors.
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