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Sabet returned to Afghanistan to work in the [[Interior Minister of Afghanistan|Interior Ministry]]. He was promoted to Attorney General in May 2006. Sources close to the President Hamid Karzai say that Sabet was promoted with U.S. support in exchange for giving positive comments about the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.<ref name=Sky/>
Sabet returned to Afghanistan to work in the [[Interior Minister of Afghanistan|Interior Ministry]]. He was promoted to Attorney General in May 2006. Sources close to the President Hamid Karzai say that Sabet was promoted with U.S. support in exchange for giving positive comments about the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.<ref name=Sky/>


In April 2007, Sabet launched a violent raid on [[Tolo TV]] (the country's largest private TV chain) for what he thought was a "distorted" report on his comments regarding the country's judicial system.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Afghan official with Canadian past tied to violent TV raid |url=http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/04/18/qc-abduljabarsabet.html |format= |work= |publisher=CBC News |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=April 18, 2007 |accessdate=2008-02-22 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref> Sabet has also been criticized for targeting individuals of non-Pashtun ethnicity and has been called a racist.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Afghan official with Canadian past tied to violent TV raid |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11885980 |format= |work= |publisher=National Public Radio |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=July 11, 2007 |accessdate=2008-02-22 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
In April 2007, Sabet launched a violent raid on [[Tolo TV]] (the country's largest private TV chain) for what he thought was a "distorted" report on his comments regarding the country's judicial system.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Afghan official with Canadian past tied to violent TV raid |url=http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/04/18/qc-abduljabarsabet.html |format= |work= |publisher=CBC News |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=April 18, 2007 |accessdate=2008-02-22 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref> Sabet has also been criticized for targeting individuals of non-Pashtun ethnicity and has been called a racist.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Afghan Attorney General Criticized in Corruption Fight |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11885980 |format= |work= |publisher=National Public Radio |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=July 11, 2007 |accessdate=2008-02-22 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>


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Revision as of 06:52, 22 February 2008

Abdul Jabar Sabet is the current Attorney General of Afghanistan, appointed by Hamid Karzai. Sabet is an ethnic Pashtun.

Sabet was a long time aid to America's current most wanted terrorist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and was an ally to Osama bin Laden.[1] After leaving Afghanistan, he worked in the U.S. for Voice of America but was fired for his ongoing links to Hekmatyar.[1]

Sabet later entered Canada and settled in Montreal, Quebec. It is suspected that Sabet entered illegally and did not disclose his past to the Canadian government as Citizenship and Immigration Canada say they have no record of Sabet’s name.[1]

Sabet returned to Afghanistan to work in the Interior Ministry. He was promoted to Attorney General in May 2006. Sources close to the President Hamid Karzai say that Sabet was promoted with U.S. support in exchange for giving positive comments about the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.[1]

In April 2007, Sabet launched a violent raid on Tolo TV (the country's largest private TV chain) for what he thought was a "distorted" report on his comments regarding the country's judicial system.[2] Sabet has also been criticized for targeting individuals of non-Pashtun ethnicity and has been called a racist.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The True North? Canada Dodges Connection to the Kabul Airport Scandal". Sky News. April 9, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-22. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "Afghan official with Canadian past tied to violent TV raid". CBC News. April 18, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-22. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ "Afghan Attorney General Criticized in Corruption Fight". National Public Radio. July 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-22. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)