Political Alliance Creates Strange Bedfellows

“We have both long-term and short-term strategies,” said Sayed Mustafa Kazimi, spokesperson for the new group. “We will begin in the short term with government reforms, and if need be we will change the system of government from a presidential to a parliamentary one.” --- “Khalq, Parcham and jihadis coming together – what a surprise!” said political analyst Mohammad Qaseem Akhgar. “They fought each other for years, but now they have a common purpose – to escape retribution for what they did over the past 25 years, and award themselves immunity.” --- “People who should be brought to justice are running away from it,” he said. “In the history of Afghanistan, the jihadi leaders and the communists will never be forgotten. They have no place among the people. They governed the country for years and did nothing, so what can be expected from this alliance?”