1. After the Soviets left, mujahedeen factions fought for control of Kabul. 2. The Taliban, the movement which has brought Afghanistan to its latest crossroads, is a product of the failures and corrupt excesses of various mujahedeen factions. 3. They moved against various mujahedeen factions that had long lost their holy warrior halo and become corrupt warlords. 4. However, Morad did not mean that these new security forces would exclude commanders of other mujahedeen factions. 5. A government spokesman said Sunday that UN special envoy Mahmud Mestiri had presented a peace plan now under examination by mujahedeen factions loyal to Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. 6. A spokesman said similar protests would take place later Tuesday in other capitals after the attack on the base, which houses installations of a mujahedeen faction. 7. Borujerdi frequently visits Afghanistan and has held talks with leaders of various mujahedeen factions in a effort to mediate a settlement. 8. But continuing bloodshed since then between rival mujahedeen factions has held up repatriation. 9. But he will not be helped by the unpopularity of all mujahedeen factions. 10. The Talibans, who have vowed to disarm all Afghan mujahedeen factions, have had no military engagements so far with either Wahdat or Rabbani troops. |
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