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	Yunus Qanuni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yunus Qanuni (يونس قانوني, also transliterated Qanooni and Qanouni) (born 1957) is an Afghan politician.
		Qanuni was easily elected in the 2005 Afghan Parliamentary elections, placing second in the Kabul province.
		On December 21, Qanuni was chosen to lead the 249-seat lower house of parliament with 122 votes against 117 for his closest challenger, Rasool Sayyaf.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yunus_Qanuni (427 words)

	outlookafghanistan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yunus Qanuni is seen by many as the main challenger to President Hamid Karzai in the October elections.
		Together with General Fahim and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Mr Qanuni is the political and military heir of Ahmad Shah Masood, the Tajik commander assassinated by suicide bombers in September 2001.
		Mr Qanuni was born in 1957 in the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, but went to the capital to study.
	www.outlookafghanistan.com /personality.htm (488 words)

	Afghanistan News Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yunus Qanuni was runner up to Karzai in the countrys first democratic election of a leader last October, and his omission from the cabinet announced on Thursday caused some worries that there could be a backlash.
		Qanuni, who belongs to the militarily powerful faction from the Panjsher Valley, said he had been offered the defence ministry but felt unqualified to take over a post formerly held his ally Mohammad Qasim Fahim, and preferred to stay outside the cabinet to become a force in parliament.
		Qanuni also urged his faction not to be disappointed over their lack of cabinet representation, and their interest would be safeguarded.
	www.afghanistan.org /news_detail.asp?17490 (494 words)

	Cao’s Blog » Blog Archive » Karzai opponent named head of Afghan lower house
		KABUL (Reuters) - Self-styled Afghan opposition leader Yunus Qanuni was elected president of the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, narrowly beating a former factional leader allied to President Hamid Karzai.
		Qanuni, an ethnic Tajik who came a distant second to Karzai in presidential elections last year, was chosen to lead the 249-seat lower house of parliament with 122 votes against 117 for his closest challenger, Abdul Rabb Rasoul Sayyaf.
		Qanuni’s election and the fact Sayyaf came a close second, will be a disappointment to human rights groups, who have accused both of links to rights abuses.
	caosblog.com /2649 (1032 words)

	Information Archive at NNYTech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Qanuni, who received 16.5 per cent of the vote in the 9 October presidential poll, has signaled that he is confident he will get a post, while Ismail Khan recently traveled to Kabul to meet Karzai.
		Observers fear that naming either Ismail Khan or Qanuni to the cabinet would signal that the central government still feels it has to cut deals with powerful provincial strongmen and their political allies.
		Qanuni is a prominent figure in the Tajik-dominated Jamiat-e-Islami party and the Shura-e-Nezar, its Panjsher-based faction.
	archive.nnytech.net /sgroup/osint/14329 (1229 words)

	Aid Agencies Providing Humanitarian Assistance for Afghan Refugees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mohammad Yunus Qanuni, who ran a distant second to President Karzai in last year’s presidential election, announced on Thursday (December 22) that he will step down as the leader of the opposition to work with President Karzai to rebuild Afghanistan, which has been shattered by over 25 years of war and civil unrest.
		Qanuni’s announcement is seen as a major boost for Karzai, who hopes to form alliances between his government and rival ethnic and political factions in the legislature.
		In his remarks to reporters, Qanuni said, “My belief is that the parliament of Afghanistan should support the positive policies of the government,” adding that cooperation between the parliament, the judiciary and other arms of the government was in the national interest.
	coe-dmha.org /Afghanistan/Afg123005.htm (1584 words)

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		Qanuni dampened expectations that the former king would head an interim administration, saying he would have a role only if elected by a national council.
		Qanuni is representing the alliance's still-recognized president Burhanuddin Rabbani who has said talks are merely symbolic.
		Qanuni ruled out a role in the interim administration yesterday but left the door open for a later role.
	www.uni.edu /unionline/public/255.html (1149 words)

	FT.com - Special Reports / Afghanistan's future
		Three moderate Northern Alliance leaders - Abdullah Abdullah, the foreign minister, Yunus Qanuni, the interior minister, and Mohammed Fahim, the group's troop commander - all stand a strong chance of retaining their positions in the interim governments.
		An ethnic Tajik, Mr Qanuni joined Mr Masood's forces when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and was appointed spokesman of the Mujahideen council that Mr Masood created in the late 1980s.
		Mr Qanuni is widely respected within the Northern Alliance, and was chosen to speak at Mr Masood's funeral in September.
	specials.ft.com /afghanfuture/FT35CXSO5YC.html (451 words)

	AM - Afghanis prepare to vote
		Campaigning perhaps more than most of the 18 candidates in this flat presidential race is Yunus Qanuni, the former anti-Taliban commander turned education minister turned chief presidential rival to the US-backed transitional incumbent and favourite to win, Hamid Karzai.
		Yunus Qanuni maintains the election is fundamentally flawed and the resources of the state are heavily tilted in favour of the US-backed Karzai camp.
		YUNUS QANUNI (translated): This is the first experience in Afghanistan and we would like a legitimate, transparent and fair election.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2004/s1212479.htm (479 words)

	Bonn moot to elect leadership council -DAWN - Top Stories; November 23, 2001
		Interior Minister Yunus Qanuni said the election of a Shoora and agreement on a framework for a future Afghan government were the main aims of the U.N.-brokered meeting to open on Monday in the Petersberg castle in Bonn.
		Qanuni said a Shoora would be elected which in turn would finalize a working team to draw up a mechanism for the transfer of power to an interim government.
		He gave no timeframe for the creation of a new government but, referring to decades of Afghan conflict, cautioned that “this 23-year-old issue cannot be resolved in a short time”.
	www.dawn.com /2001/11/23/top3.htm (287 words)

	Yunus Qanuni: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the other side of town, Education Minister Yunus Qanuni announced he had submitted his resignation from the cabinet in order to be able to run in the presidential poll on October 9.
		A political partnership between Qanuni and Fahim would represent a serious split in Karzai's political circle and could mean a strong blow to his reelection bid.
		For his part, Qanuni -- who in the past has also served as interior minister -- today expressed concern about Afghanistan's political development in the three years since U.S.-led forces routed the Taliban militia.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Qanuni_Yunus_130798925.htm (340 words)

	Afghan elections: Karzai vs Qanuni? - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The other candidates include Hamid Karzai, President of the interim government, Yunus Qanuni, the education minister in Karzai’s interim government, and two warlords Ahmed Rashid Dostum and Muhammad Muhaqqiq.
		Karzai’s main opponent, Yunus Qanuni, is, on the other hand, starting with some plus points.
		Qanuni was shifted from the interior ministry to education, where he is supposed to have done a remarkable job too.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep142004/edst.asp (856 words)

	A True Warrior for Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In an act I never expected, President Hamid Karzai shunned the creation of a political party with him as its head and asked his main rival, Yunus Qanuni, to form and lead a national political party.
		Karzai, who won the country's first democratic presidential election in October, said he would not form a party himself but had told Yunus Qanuni -- the runner up in the presidential race -- that he would back him to lead any party with national appeal.
		This may seem inconsequential, but I believe this moment will go down in Afghani history similar to an event 221 years ago when Gen. George Washington resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Army, thus telling the people that the United States would be a nation ruled by civilians.
	united-states-of-earth.com /article.asp?MenuID=3499 (257 words)

	Karzai talks to Qanuni over cabinet post -DAWN - Top Stories; 07 December, 2004
		KABUL, Dec 6: President Hamid Karzai has held discussions with arch rival Yunus Qanuni over a possible position in the next Afghan government, a spokesman for Mr Karzai said on Monday.
		Mr Qanuni, from the second largest ethnic group, the Tajiks, was a distant second in the poll.
		Belonging to the Northern Alliance, which seized Kabul three years ago, Mr Qanuni was education minister in Hamid Karzai's interim government before resigning to run in the election.
	www.dawn.com /2004/12/07/top13.htm (191 words)

	International Reporter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Most of the people looked satisfied but those who were the supports of other leaders like Yunus Qanuni and former Defence Minister Mohammed Fahim were disappointed.
		Many important political figures have not been induted in the newly formed cabinet including key contender Yunus Qanuni even though he got more votes than any other rival to Mr Karzai in Afghanistan's presidential race.
		Mr Qanuni was a key adviser and supporter of the assassinated former military leader of the Northern Alliance Ahmad Shah Masood is not included.
	internationalreporter.com /news/print.php?id=366 (234 words)

	Orb Standard: Asia
		According to the alleged deal, Qanuni would back out of the presidential race in return for top government positions for himself and his Tajik allies, Defense Minister Muhammad Fahim and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
		While rumors of the deal abound in Kabul, both Qanuni and Karzai were quick to deny the accuracy of the report.
		Qanuni said on Monday that what he had been offered by Karzai was not satisfactory - but that he was still open to negotiations.
	www.orbstandard.com /asia092104.html (224 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Karzai's Afghan Cabinet List Seen Sidelining Rivals
		Karzai has headed an interim government for the past three years and after winning the Oct. 9 poll was expected to weed out military figures and bring in people with the education and experience needed to reassure Western donors.
		Political insiders said he has dumped Defense Minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim and will also exclude Yunus Qanuni, the runner-up in the presidential poll.
		He and Qanuni are both ethnic Tajiks and leaders of the Panjsheri faction formerly headed by the assassinated resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masood.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/4-12-23/25177.html (491 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: United Nations to investigate Afghan Election
		The ruling means counting of ballots, which should have begun on Monday, cannot start until after that deadline.
		One of President Karzai's main rivals, Yunus Qanuni, has vowed to accept the inquiry findings.
		Speaking after talks with US and UN envoys, Qanuni said, "To respect the will of millions of Afghans and to go along with our national interests I would accept the results of the election after the investigation."
	pakistantimes.net /2004/10/12/top6.htm (405 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Profile: Yunus Qanuni
		Mr Qanuni is a veteran of Afghan power struggles
		He is said to have travelled to Pakistan to buy arms and secure funds for Mr Masood, known as the "Lion of the Panjshir".
		After the fall of Kabul to the Taleban three years later, Mr Qanuni helped found the Supreme Council for the Defence of the Motherland, and later the United Islamic and National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1695218.stm (457 words)

	Karzai's main rival concedes Afghan vote
		KABUL (Reuters) - Hamid Karzai's main rival for the Afghan presidency, Yunus Qanuni, has conceded defeat with less than six percent of the vote count remaining.
		A spokesman said on Sunday Qanuni would accept Karzai's victory despite irregularities in the October 9 election -- Afghanistan's first ever direct presidential ballot.
		"Yunus Qanuni, has conceded defeat with less than six percent of the vote count remaining.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1255170/posts (882 words)

	Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums > Karzai Braves Rally outside Kabul
		One of Mr Karzai's leading rivals, Mr Qanuni, told 2,000 people at a Kabul football stadium the election would be a "transition from dictatorship to democracy and elected government".
		Although the other leading contenders, including the former education minister, Yunis Qanuni, and the Uzbek regional leader, Abdul Rashid Dostum, have been more active, this is an election that is likely to be won behind closed doors, our correspondent says.
		Interim President Hamid Karzai is widely tipped to win, although Uzbek General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Tajik former education minister Yunus Qanuni have fought high-profile campaigns.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t23796.html (3323 words)

	Photos / Yunus Qanuni speaks at a news conference in Kabul October 18, 2004. Qanuni was elected president of the lower ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Qanuni was elected president of the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, narrowly beating a former factional leader allied to President Hamid Karzai.
		Qanuni was elected president of the lower h
		Yunus Qanuni speaks at a news conference in Kabul October 18, 2004.
	www.afghanmania.nl /en/photo/204 (142 words)

	ONLINE - International News Network
		KABUL: Ethnic Tajik politician Yunus Qanuni says he will form a new political party in Afghanistan to challenge newly installed President Hamid Karzai.
		I was offered the defense ministry post but I turned it down because I am not a military man, Qanuni said.
		Karzai said he has no problem with Qanuni's plan -- as long as the party is a national one and not based on religious or ethnic lines.
	www.onlinenews.com.pk /details.php?id=71325 (145 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Key Afghan players: Who's who
		A former minister, Mr Qanuni is now the Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament.
		A key figure in the Northern Alliance in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the Taleban, Mr Qanuni first held the powerful post of interior minister but later moved to the education ministry.
		A former mujahideen leader, Mr Mojadidi is the Speaker of the upper house of parliament, the Meshrano Jirga.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/3706370.stm (2294 words)

	Pajhwok Afghan News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		, December 21 (Pajhwok Afghan News): President Hamid Karzai Wednesday congratulated the newly-elected speakers of the upper and lower houses Sibghatullah Mujaddedi and Yunus Qanuni.
		In his message of felicitation, the Afghan president said: "I congratulate you from the core of my heart and pray Almighty Allah to help you in serving the nation."
		Yunus Qanuni got 122 votes followed by Abdul Rab Rasul Sayaf with 117.
	www.pajhwak.com /viewstory.asp?id=10693 (220 words)

	Turkish Weekly Comment - Coalition Seeks to Challenge Karzai
		A leading politician who ran against Hamed Karzai in last year’s presidential election has announced the creation of a new coalition that hopes to win a majority of seats in the national legislature this autumn, and create a parliamentary form of government.
		Mohammad Yunus Qanuni, who ran for president last October, said that the National Understanding Front (Jabha-ye-Tafahhum-e-Milli), made up of 11 political parties, would act as an opposition to the Karzai government.
		Qanuni, formerly of the Jamiat-e-Islami mujahedin faction, has set up his own group called the New Afghanistan Party which is part of the coalition.
	www.turkishweekly.net /comments.php?id=1030 (2068 words)

	Politics of Afghanistan - UnitedAfghan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On December 20 Karzai's close ally and president of the first mujahideen government, Sibghatullah Mojadeddi, was picked to head the 102-seat upper house.
		On December 21, Yunus Qanuni, Afghan opposition leader and Karzai's main opponent was chosen to lead the 249-seat lower house of parliament with 122 votes against 117 for his closest challenger.
		In recent years the politics of Afghanistan has been dominated by the 2001 U.S.-led invasion and the subsequent efforts to stablise and democratise the country.
	unitedafghan.com /polt.php (622 words)

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