Regarding the Mass Murders of Civilians in Kunduz

Afghan Resistance Statement
Regarding the Mass Murders of Civilians in Kunduz
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

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 quarreling 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