Former vice president Mohammad Younus Qanooni said that a possible handover of some parts of the country to the Taliban means “the disintegration of Afghanistan”.
Such a move will indicate the success of a conspiracy that the enemies of Afghanistan have been looking for over the years, he said at a ceremony on the seventh death anniversary of former Kunduz police chief Abdul Rahman Sayedkhaili in Parwan province.
“If a corner of this common land is handed over to someone under any reason, it will mean the fragmentation of Afghanistan, the disintegration of Afghanistan and the success of the conspiracy which the enemies of Afghanistan have been looking for over the years,” said Qanooni.
At the same event, former minister of interior Mohammad Umer Daudzai said there are credible evidences which show efforts to extend the tenure of the National Unity Government.
“We will not allow them (government leaders) to stay even for one day once their five-year term is completed,” Daudzai said.
The Presidential Palace dismissed rumors about handing over a province to the Taliban as part of government’s peace offer to the group.
“Remarks about handover of particular geography (to the Taliban) are not true,” Dawa Khan Minapal, deputy spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, told TOLOnews.
Previously, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami, suggested the handover of some regions to the Taliban as “safe zones”.
Hekmatyar claimed that President Ashraf Ghani was also agreed with this scheme.
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah called for unity and safeguard of Afghanistan’s territorial integrity as he addressed the event.
“Our expectation from those who join peace is to focus on unity among the people of Afghanistan in their words and actions. They must think about the unity of Afghans instead of thinking about division among the people of Afghanistan,” said Abdullah.
In another gathering in Herat province, former minister of water and energy Mohammad Ismail Khan asked government leaders to step down.
“Our two brothers (President Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah) should come and do justice and step down and move towards a one year interim administration,” he said.