Akbar Hashemi's memoirs-October 29, 2013

A group meeting of shrimp industry activists and their problems 

Full text of the day: 

We had a meeting with the deputies of the Research Center [Strategic System Expediency Assessment Forum]. Most of the time was spent discussing the situation in Afghanistan. The United Front has coordinated with the Americans, where they want to engage with the Taliban, the bombing of the Americans is carried out in their favor. 

The US told them not to take over the cable. It is Pakistan's will. Although the Russians do not know the expediency of the northerners taking Kabul, they think that they will take a big blow and finally get out of their hands, and it is better to spend their forces cleaning up the north. I also agree with this view, but the leadership and the IRGC have said that capturing Kabul is good because it will continue the legitimacy of the government of [Burhanuddin] Rabbani. 

U.S. bombardments have intensified, sometimes hitting Taliban forces. They hit Herat several times last night and today. The Taliban today claimed to have killed 25 US commandos in overnight operations, and Pakistani newspapers described the first US ground operation as a failure. The United States sent a message to us through Switzerland, saying that their plan is to create an inclusive government in Afghanistan, considering the majority of Pashtuns and the share of Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks. 

Pakistan insists that Taliban moderates should also be in government. Iran, Russia and India do not accept this. The Russians believe that Afghanistan will be divided into two parts: north and south-white and black-and that the united front will remain in the north and not work in the south, and that the war between the United States and the Taliban will continue in the south. The Europeans insist on the king's appearance. 

In Palestine, Israel has occupied most of the cities of the autonomous region with its armed forces, and there is a dispute in the Israeli cabinet, and the party worker said that if the Israeli forces do not stop this, they will leave the cabinet. 

A group of shrimp farmers arrived. They complained about the coercion of exporters and collectors and asked for my support as the founder of this industry. 

At this moment, the Iran-Bahrain football match is underway in Manama. All of Iran is sensitive. Unfortunately, in the first half, Iran conceded two goals and people were stunned. Fati, along with her aunt Ashraf, has gone to London for Ashraf's cancer treatment.