President Karzai Is Disturbed by and Strongly
Condemns Killing of Mullah Abdul Fayaz
Released by the Office of the Spokesman to the President Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan
05/29/2005
Presidential Palace, Kabul - H.E. Hamid
Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, strongly
condemns the killing this afternoon of Mullah Abdul Fayaz, Head
of the Ulemas Council of Kandahar, who was shot in his office
in Kandahar.
In his reaction to the news, the President said:
"I am deeply disturbed by this crime, which is an attack
on Islam and on the Ulemas. I strongly condemn the killing of
Mullah Abdul Fayaz, who was a person devoted to Islam and at
the service of the Afghan people".
The President urged the relevant authorities to
investigate the crime and to bring the culprits to justice as
soon as possible. The President also presents his heartfelt
condolences to the family of Mullah Abdul Fayaz.
