| GEO World | | Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan | Updated at: 0240 PST, Friday, October 03, 2008
KABUL: The Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday advised the Taliban leader in Afghanistan Mulla Umar to return to Afganistan as he (Karzai) guaranteed his safety in an exclusive interview to a senior journalist of Geo Television Pakistan Saleem Saafi.
He said, “Through Pakistan television channel Geo I propose Mulla Umar to get back to Afghanistan as I will be wholly solely responsible for his security and I shall be answerable to the whole of the world on his behalf.”
Also, Karzai invited Mulla Umar to join him in the political process of Afghanistan by being hopeful for the next presidential election as Karzai reckoned Umar’s return in the best interest of the prosperity and safety of the country. |  |
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