The international community, led by the US and Britain, is working behind the scenes on an elaborate plan to topple the tottering Taliban as quickly as possible through diplomatic pressure and replace it with a broadly based government that is to some degree democratic.

But British officials were adamant yesterday that the Northern Alliance, an ethnically diverse grouping as undemocratic as the Taliban, will not be allowed to take charge. One official said it would be "a recipe for disaster". Mr Blair, describing the sort of new government he hoped for, said: "Most people accept that the best thing for everyone is to have a broad-based, relatively stable and democratic as possible regime in Afghanistan."
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It will be no small order to achieve anything close to a democratic government. I hope that they can pull it off. At least there is a recognition that the Northern Alliance is not a group you would want to turn your back on.

Northern Alliance denounced
by RAWA (Revolutionary Association of Women)

In our opinion there is no difference between Taliban and Northern Alliance. Both are criminal and anti-democratic forces to the marrow of their bone.

Please note that one of the forgotten aspects of the Afghan catastrophe is the role of Rabbani-Masoud & Co (Northern Alliance also called Jehadis) in destroying and looting the country and the death and destitution they brought with them after the fall of the pro-Soviet puppet regime. More importantly hundreds of girls, women and even young boys were raped and a great number of girls committed suicide lest be assaulted by the barbaric Jehadis (Northern Alliance) henchmen. Most of anti-women rules and measures to deprive, suppress and insult them were taken when these Jehadi murderers came to power till 1996 when their brethren-in-creed-Taliban replaced them.
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thanks to Ethel the Blog