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Mujahid Fired As HPC Advisor Over ‘Insensitive’ Comments

Abdul Hakim Mujahid, an advisor to the High Peace Council, was on Sunday fired from his position following “insensitive” remarks he made regarding the Taliban and Jihadi leaders.

The CEO’s office confirmed the move Sunday morning.

This comes after relatives of Yakawlang victims in Bamiyan on Saturday lashed out at Mujahid for what they say were insensitive comments that showed disrespect to their family members killed by Taliban in 2001.
 
In 2001, Taliban opened fire on a gathering of people in central Bamiyan province where they killed more than 300 residents of Yakawlang district.
 
“These remarks are a betrayal to the victims who were killed by Taliban in Yakawlang and other parts of the country,” said a relative of a victim from Yakawlang.
 
This comes after Mujahid said earlier this week, in the wake of Tuesday’s deadly bombings in Kabul, that the Taliban were angels of peace and the group is a sacred group.
 
In addition, he said Mohammad Najibullah, the former president of Afghanistan, and leaders of the resistance front were traitors.

“Taliban is a sacred group who have fought against Russia and defeated them, then put an end to civil war and brought security to the country,” Mujahid said.

Mujahid Fired As HPC Advisor Over ‘Insensitive’ Comments

This comes after a public outcry erupted over the HPC advisor’s comments that the Taliban was a sacred group and Jihadi leaders had been traitors.

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Abdul Hakim Mujahid, an advisor to the High Peace Council, was on Sunday fired from his position following “insensitive” remarks he made regarding the Taliban and Jihadi leaders.

The CEO’s office confirmed the move Sunday morning.

This comes after relatives of Yakawlang victims in Bamiyan on Saturday lashed out at Mujahid for what they say were insensitive comments that showed disrespect to their family members killed by Taliban in 2001.
 
In 2001, Taliban opened fire on a gathering of people in central Bamiyan province where they killed more than 300 residents of Yakawlang district.
 
“These remarks are a betrayal to the victims who were killed by Taliban in Yakawlang and other parts of the country,” said a relative of a victim from Yakawlang.
 
This comes after Mujahid said earlier this week, in the wake of Tuesday’s deadly bombings in Kabul, that the Taliban were angels of peace and the group is a sacred group.
 
In addition, he said Mohammad Najibullah, the former president of Afghanistan, and leaders of the resistance front were traitors.

“Taliban is a sacred group who have fought against Russia and defeated them, then put an end to civil war and brought security to the country,” Mujahid said.

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