- Diplomat denies Afghan Taliban’s involvement in assaults on Pakistan.
- “No assaults might be launched from Afghanistan on Pakistan,” he says.
- He says “no objections” to choice taken concerning Afghan refugees.
PESHAWAR: A prime Afghanistan diplomat mentioned Wednesday that the Islamic Emirate — or the Taliban administration — had already issued a fatwa (decree) that launching assaults in “Pakistan isn’t jihad” (holy battle).
Hafiz Mohibullah Shakir, the performing consul common on the Afghan Consulate in Peshawar, instructed Geo Information that the neighbouring nation’s defence ministry had additionally made it clear that attacking Pakistan didn’t fall below jihad.
The Pakistani authorities has repeatedly harassed that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists have secure havens in Afghanistan and that the neighbouring nation’s soil was getting used for assaults on Pakistan.
Because the Afghan Taliban took over the reins of presidency in 2021, Pakistan has witnessed an increase in terror incidents with 2023 being the deadliest in eight years, regardless of months left in its conclusion, with officers additionally saying that Afghan nationals have been concerned in assaults on safety forces.
Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s particular consultant on Afghanistan, mentioned that the banned TTP’s assaults on Pakistan alongside the borders have elevated and that they have been “taking shelter on the Afghan soil”.
In response to Pakistan’s repeated insistence on taking motion, the interim Afghan rulers arrested 200 suspected militants concerned in assaults in opposition to Pakistan, Voice of America reported final month, citing Pakistani officers aware about the event.
Interim Overseas Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and his Taliban counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met on the sidelines of a China-hosted worldwide convention earlier this month.
The Ministry of Overseas Affairs, in a press release, mentioned Jilani “underscored that challenges confronting regional peace and stability be addressed in collaborative spirit via collective methods”.
In his dialog with Geo Information, Shakir mentioned the TTP militants had migrated to Afghanistan throughout former US-backed Afghan president Ashraf Ghani’s tenure — 2014-2021. He was overthrown by the Taliban.
“I need to make it clear: No assaults might be launched from Afghanistan on Pakistan,” the envoy added.
Refugees
The federal government in Islamabad has ordered unlawful Afghan refugees in Pakistan to exit the nation by November 1 or face deportation, with the deadline simply 5 days away and hundreds of thousands of Afghans residing within the nation.
“We’ve got no objections to the choice taken concerning Afghan refugees, however an acceptable methodology ought to be adopted to ship them again,” the performing Afghan consul common mentioned.
He mentioned it will be higher if the Afghan refugees got time to wrap up their affairs in Pakistan. “We’ve got additionally made arrangments for his or her arrival [in Afghanistan],” he added.
“Individuals can now proceed doing their enterprise in Afghanistan. However certainly, will probably be exhausting for Afghan refugees initially once they come again,” Shakir additionally mentioned.
The caretaker authorities, earlier this month, had directed all “aliens” — together with 1.73 million Afghan nationals — to go away the nation following a sequence of terrorist assaults during which Afghan nationals have been discovered to be liable for 14 of 24 suicide bombings.
The United Nations (UN) has additionally mentioned that refugees residing in Pakistan ought to be allowed to exit the nation voluntarily and no strain ought to be exerted on them.
Pakistan has hosted hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees for the reason that Soviet Union’s invasion in 1979.
America has additionally “strongly” inspired Afghanistan’s neighbours, together with Pakistan, to permit entry for Afghans searching for safety and urged them to uphold obligations within the therapy of refugees, the US State Division mentioned final week.