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Less clear is what else Hekmatyar may have planned. Fundamentalist and virulently anti-Western, he has been dealt out of the political process that will produce a new Afghan government this summer. Proteges of his former arch- enemy, Ahmed Shah Massoud, dominate Karzai's cabinet. As with other sidelined warriors, including former Northern Alliance chieftain Burhanuddin Rabbani and Pashtun warlord Abdul Rab Rasul Sayaf, his options are dwindling. Violence remains his most viable option. One Afghan intelligence official says the warlord has tapped former allies in Pakistan to help recruit troops and stockpile weapons near Khowst. Others claim he has met with former Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and residual forces of Al Qaeda near the Pakistani border to plot a guerrilla campaign for this spring. Clearly, the Kabul plot will not be his last.
Babak Dehghanpisheh
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