Abdullah: “we have no animosity at home”

Speaking at the 19^th death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Massoud, today, Tuesday, September 08, Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, said the intra-Afghan negotiations was imminent to take place between the government-led negotiating team and Taliban negotiators. “We have no animosity at home with each other, therefore, we want an end to chapter of hostility with the Taliban.”

Known as Afghanistan’s national hero, Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated on September, 09, 2001, in Khawaja Bahawodin area of the northern Takhar province. Massoud was a staunch anti-Taliban commander. He was a key member of the Northern Alliance, a military and political ally which fought against the Taliban in late 1990s and early 2000s.