RAWALPINDI: The Afghan Government`s statement ... expressing ... concern over the banning of the National Awami Party and arrest of its leaders has been described by political observers here as not only blatant interference in Pakistan`s internal affairs but also ... another example of NAP`s affiliations with Kabul. The present Government of Afghanistan, which observers said has all along been inciting the people of Pakistan to violence ... in its latest statement on NAP surprisingly expressed itself against violence and such killings. The Afghan Government`s statement ... professes to condemn the very killings and acts of violence which Radio Kabul has been instigating ...

during the last many months. The role of Radio Kabul in the propagation of violence and encouraging terrorist activities in Pakistan ever since the present Afghan junta came to power has been spotlighted even by foreign observers and commentators. News agencies [Meanwhile in London,] Mrs. Margaret Thatcher today [Feb 11] won the leadership of Britain`s opposition Conservative Party. A second ballot in the party election ended decisively with Mrs. Thatcher receiving an overall majority.