Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Kabul (BNA) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan participated Sunday in a gathering titled ‘Non-violence tradition in the region’ held with joint cooperation of Rana and Indian embassy to Kabul for celebration and commemoration of personality and position of Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan.
In the gathering, chief executive said, “I’m happy to participate in a program held for celebration of two great personalities of the region. One of them is Muslim, while the other one is Guajarati Indian, but both believed on non-violent despite of differentiation in their religions.”
In his speech, chief executive said, “Wherever liberty is discussed, the names of Gandhi and Ghafar Khan and their liberty movements’ are also discussed. I’m happy to see a number of people who lived with Ghafar Khan and learned more about his thoughts.”
Pointing out related to extremism in the region and its outcomes, chief executive said most of the Muslims don’t believe on violence and extremism, adding that a few number of Muslim preferring the violence and extremism are not representing from Islam and Muslims because Islam stresses on peace and nonviolence.
Related to peace process, chief executive said, “Peace is a crucial need of our country, but it doesn’t mean to deal with dignity and honor of Afghanistan people, adding peace as a key demand of our people and will be discussed as fair and durable.”
At the gathering, former president of the country Hamid Karzai, Ahmad Blaur, Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta and Indian ambassador to Kabul also delivered their speeches to participants in the ceremony.
According to another report, chief executive met yesterday with chairman and members of central council of Hezb-e-Wahdat-i-Milli led by Ustad Mohammad Akbari at Spidar palace.
