Democratic Palestine : 30 (ص 31)

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Democratic Palestine : 30 (ص 31)

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PFLP Delegations
Afghanistan
In response to an invitation from the Central Committee of the Peo-
ple’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), a PFLP delegation
headed by Comrade Abu Maher Al Yamani, Politbureau member
and head of the Political Relations Department, visited Afghanistan,
May 30th - June Sth.
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The Palestinian delegation was
received by Afghanistan’s president,
Najiballah. Their talks concentrated on
the situation of the Afghani and
Palestinian revolutions, respectively,
especially the popular uprising in
Palestine, and the national reconcilia-
tion policy undertaken by the PDPA to
put an end to the crisis which
Afghanistan has suffered for many
years.
Comrade Najiballah confirmed the
continuation of his country’s support
to the struggle of the Palestinian people
for realizing their legitimate national
rights. He expressed support to the
proposed fully empowered international
conference to discuss the Palestinian
question. Such a conference must in-
clude the five permanent members of
the UN Security Council and the parties
to the conflict, including the PLO, the
sole legitimate representative of the
Palestinian people, on equal footing
with the other parties.
The Afghani president confirmed
that the national reconciliation policy
in Afghanistan aims at saving the peo-
ple from the bloody war imposed on
them. The PDPA and the Afghani state
are doing their best to implement the
Geneva accords, but Pakistan is still
violating them and providing the
Afghani rebels with military equip-
ment. For this reason, the Afghani
government has presented several
memoranda about Pakistan’s viola-
tions to the special UN Committee
charged with monitoring application of
the Geneva accords.
Comrade Al Yamani explained the
conditions in the Palestinian arena and
the causes and results of the popular
uprising in the occupied territories. He
referred to the need for Arab and in-
ternational support to the uprising, in
order to realize the Palestinian people’s
aims of freedom and independence.
Comrade Al Yamani expressed the
PFLP’s support to the PDPA’s na-
tional reconciliation policy and _ its
achievements in this field.
On the day of their arrival, the PFLP
delgation placed a wreath on the mar-
tyrs’ grave in the capital, Kabul. Then
there was a working meeting between
the PFLP delegation and a PDPA
delegation to discuss the situation in
Afghanistan and occupied Palestine in
detail. Points of view coincided con-
cerning the Palestinian and Afghani
problems, and the two parties asserted
their mutual intention to consolidate
their relations. The Palestinian delega-
tion met with a number of other
Afghani officials as well. Also, Com-
trade Al Yamani met with Palestinian
students at the Afghani university, to
inform them of the latest political
developments concerning the Palesti-
nian cause.
TELEVISION INTERVIEW
Comrade Abu Maher Al Yamani was
interviewed on Afghani television. He
asserted that the Palestinian people
have faced a vicious imperialist-
Zionist-reactionary war for more than
forty years. They can thus empathize
with the sufferings of the Afghani
people as a result of the war launched
by the imperialist and reactionary
powers against the Afghanis’ choice to
develop their country.
Comrade Al Yamani posed the
following question: «If the USA is in-
terested in the victory of Islam in
Afghanistan, why does it support the
Zionists in occupying Palestine and the
Islamic holy places, and expelling
Palestinian Muslims from their land
and denying them the right of repatria-
tion?... The answer to this question is
very clear: US imperialism, along with
local reaction, considers the Afghani
revolution a threat to its interests, for it
constitutes an example to other peoples
of the world of how to struggle for
development and independence.»
Comrade Abu Maher also spoke
about the Palestinian uprising which
expresses the people’s refusal of oc-
cupation, and their determination to
retrieve their national rights to
repatriation, self-determination and an
independent state with Jerusalem as the
capital. He ended the interview by ex-
pressing his deep appreciation to the
government, party and president of
Afghanistan for the warm welcome the
Palestinian delegation received, and for
their support to the Palestinian cause. @
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