Here we introduce Amrullah Saleh, an ultimate survivor of Afghanistan’s turbulent politics
Amrullah Saleh, the first vice-president of Afghanistan, who has survived several assassination attempts, was targeted once again in the capital Kabul ahead of the planned intra-Afghan peace talks with the Taliban.
He has been a strong critic of the US-initiated Taliban talks and at the beginning of it, he categorically refused to talk to the Taliban leadership. Most recently, however, his approach towards the Taliban had softened, he showed some willingness to engage with the insurgent group. “Saleh is no friend of the Taliban so if they deny it [the attack], it means it wasn't them,” Alam toldA member of the Afghan security forces stands guard next to damaged army vehicles after a Taliban attack in Ghazni city, Afghanistan August 15, 2018.
There could be “an inter-division of various Afghan stakeholders,” which could lead to this kind of attack, Alam analyses. the Afghan group will stop targeting US and Western-led coalition troops, promising to give no support to groups like Al Qaeda. Saleh, an ethnic Tajik, who became an orphan in his childhood, grew up with war all around. Throughout his childhood and teenage years, his country was fighting the communist invaders from Moscow.
In a country where corruption and incompetence have been widespread for decades, he appears to be a rare defender of reform against illicit practices. Saleh has kept well-established links with foreign intelligence agencies. He has long been curious about Al Qaeda moves across the tenacious Afghan-Pakistan border and suggested that Osama Bin Laden could be hidden in Pakistan, a country with which Saleh has an uneasy relationship due to the country’s support of the Taliban. Saleh has dodged many attacks and has been known to update his will from time to time given these assaults and assassination attempts. with a Western media outlet in 2009.
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