Don't Tell Zarqawi

Oh dear, this can't be good for the Islamofascist propaganda movement.

The former foreign minister in Afghanistan's Taleban regime has said he wants to stand for parliament in September's national elections.

Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil told the election commission he wanted to run in Kandahar for a seat in the national lower house.

Mr Mutawakil's candidacy must be vetted but the government says it wants to rehabilitate certain Taleban figures.

Don't listen to me, trust liberals: these people don't want democracy!