h4te Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 The man in front of me is Zabiullah Mujahid -- one of two spokesmen for the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. He is around 30, maybe a little younger, bearded, but not heavily so. He is slight but not weak and close to my height -- a little over six foot -- and meeting him is a big deal. I've never taken meetings with Taliban officials lightly, but the stakes are getting higher these days. They kidnap reporters and worse, and just before our interview they had announced a new offensive against U.S. and NATO troops. Frankly just getting into this room had put my heart rate up a good few beats. On top of that, Mujahid almost never gives TV interviews. He has answers to questions every journalist covering this conflict wants to know. He is also a wanted man. I'd been waiting for him for about 15 minutes. We'd agreed to meet at this safe house on the condition I did not report its location. As we approached I'd seen several men talking on mobile phones on street corners watching us very closely. It's clear the Taliban don't trust us not to have sold him out. The room is small with two doors: One to a tiny hole-in-the-ground toilet under the stairs the other, the only way in and out. A red carpet runs wall to wall and matching pillows ring the room. The only furniture is a chair, a small table and a computer. When we first arrive the man minding the room has a pistol by his side. We follow his lead and sit backs to the wall propped up on the cushions and wait. I'm expecting to hear a convoy of cars pulling up, but nothing, silence. Then a whisper: He is coming. There is no time to wonder what's going to happen. He steps in alone, no sound of a car. He is nervous and seems in a hurry, telling me I only have 15 minutes. It could take me that long to ask just half my questions, never mind his answers. I want the interview to last. I want to get the most out of it. I want to put him at ease so he wants to stay and talk. follow the rest of the interview here: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/robertson.interview.zabiullah.mujahid/index.html#cnnSTCText what kind of n00b dumassness is this?
Mullah_Nayak Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Taliban is Paki Army in Shalwaar Kameez. Most of them have deep relationship with ISI and other senior ranks of PA. They are the cats paw in the great game. The day US and Nato exit Afghanistan, Taliban will fill the void.
veeru_rocks Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Mullah_nayak are you related to that idiot Zaakir Naik somehow :giggle:
Lurker Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Not exactly dumbness. This is journalism. And good journalism. Often you have people who are being chased by the law and they are interviewed by journalists. Its not easy of course. I remember reading an interview of sorts of Veerapan while he was hunted down by Indian forces. I would much rather see it as good journalism and not dumbness by Indian security forces.
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