Adil i leader of a small left wing organisation based in Afghanistan: He is himself in exile, but travelled illegally to Jilalabad for three days from 16 to 19 September to see the mood and to agree future strategy with his members. He spoke to Faroo ariq in Lahore on 24 September.
Molabad was in a state of absolute shock. Everyone from there was talking of leaving Afghaniscan as soon. Aghanistan. as possible. To reach to you need at least 200,000 Algianis ($2). Then you need another $5. to bribe the Pakistan official power So any one who has this An average wage of an Alghani goverriment dlerk at present is around: 300,000 Afghones (S3) per month. A daily worker in halabad would get around 10,000 to 20,000 Alghani:
So when Taliban say they will not hand over Osama to Americans, it has nothing to do with their courtge or their service to islam, they aro unable to hand him: over: Osama has more: Islamic miicants chan they do." On the Taliban They have lost support in absolute terms. The people Winning in the wings: ex- I spoke in jillabad are King Zahir Shah openly against the Taliban. I think it is only Talibs (the (S0.10 to $0.20) per day. So militant students) who supthere is tremendous port them. No one else poverty in all parts of supports them in Alghanistan. If the People are sick and tired Americans come they will of Taliban regime."
Close power not so much On Taliban military through the attack but There are around 20,000 social basis.
Taliban are most vicious of Taliban, who have lost and brutal government of their best friend Pakistan. all time, But America and But there are over 25000 Pakistan have supported military men with Osama. chem from the beginning: -They come from China, They say today that Taliban Algeria, Nigorin and many: goverment is no good, we other Arab countries apart King Zahir Shah an 86-year-old ex and Who seemed to got sort of all the par he Taliban. The ed and green and flags of Zahir Shah'y party are seen!
Ouriparty at this time: supports him for a transi oral period. The American plan is to hand ers after the fall of Taiban, and then he can cal is in a year's cime. Bust dear that he wit Stave no other choice from supporting him: ansitional period.? inte *Wei • totaly opposed to now headed by Bhutto 's daughter Benazir, was voted in to power had moved much to the right. Now it wanted to be an obedient servant of the IMF and the World Bank. But its working class base would not allow her to implement the IMF agenda. Her government was dismissed in 1990. Her Nawaz Sharif, a corrupt capitalist politician, was put in charge followThe last decade of 20th century unfolded a new international scenano in toe wake of sovict Unions collapse. Pakistan was no more ICCUCE as a base camp against soviet Unson. Now was toe time to "pay back" the loans.
P akistan is an agriculturebased economy. But a feudal system dominates its agriculture. The industrial base 1s very weak Debt servicing is possible only by IMF dictated "economic reforms" sation and mass redundancies of public sector employees, an end to The civilian governments Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif nomic reforms", but their policies brought misery, poverty, and unemployment. During last 20 years,