Hyderabad: Amrullah Saleh, the first Vice President of Afghanistan, who has declared himself the president of the war-torn nation, on Thursday got backing from a top American policy analyst, who cited the South Asian country's Constitution to back his support.
Michael Johns, co-founder of the National Tea Party movement and former speechwriter to the President of America, took to Twitter to proclaim that Afghanistan's Constitution, adopted in 2004, addresses the nation's governance under circumstances such as those that have just unfolded. "In such a case, first vice president @AmrullahSaleh2 assumes the role of the presidency."
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Saleh, who is currently taking refuge in the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan and strengthening an anti-Taliban force with Ahmad Massoud, the son of slain leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, shared Johns' tweet, further asserting his credibility to take over the reins of his country.
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Nations must respect the rule of law , not violence. Afghanistan is too big for Pakistan to swallow and too big for Talibs to govern. Don't let your histories have a chapter on humiliation and bowing to terror groups. https://t.co/nNo84Z7tEf
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">Nations must respect the rule of law , not violence. Afghanistan is too big for Pakistan to swallow and too big for Talibs to govern. Don't let your histories have a chapter on humiliation and bowing to terror groups. https://t.co/nNo84Z7tEf
— Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) August 19, 2021Nations must respect the rule of law , not violence. Afghanistan is too big for Pakistan to swallow and too big for Talibs to govern. Don't let your histories have a chapter on humiliation and bowing to terror groups. https://t.co/nNo84Z7tEf
— Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) August 19, 2021
"Nations must respect the rule of law, not violence. Afghanistan is too big for Pakistan to swallow and too big for Talibs to govern. Don't let your histories have a chapter on humiliation and bowing to terror groups," he wrote, in a firm message to his countrymen to stay strong.
While Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, has been taken over by the Taliban, resistance is being built in Panjshir, the only province out of the 34 that the terrorist outfit hasn't been able to capture. The Panjshir Resistance is a coming together of former Northern Alliance members and other anti-Taliban leaders to battle the Taliban.
