On Sunday, January 17 (January 7), Maulana Fazal Rehman, the chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam Pakistan, visited Kabul and met with senior Taliban officers. This go to got here after rising rigidity between the Taliban regime and Pakistan associated to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TPP).
To guarantee the protection of Maulana Fazal Rehman and his delegation, the Taliban applied stringent safety measures. A convoy of armored automobiles and armed forces accompanied the cleric intently to the Taliban regime.
Several senior Taliban officers, together with Khaled Hanafi, the group’s minister of fine and evil, and a few hard-line figures near the Taliban chief, greeted Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahman at Kabul airport.
Maulvi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy of the Prime Minister’s Office, met with Maulana Fazlur Rehman and his delegation at Sepidar Palace. The assembly was attended by members of the Islamic Emirate’s cupboard. Maulvi Abdul Kabir expressed hope that the go to would cut back misunderstanding.
Maulvi Abdul Kabir additionally assured that there can be no hazard or risk from Afghanistan, and urged the dialogue of information moderately than claims and media propaganda.
The Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister requested Maulana Fazal Rehman to convey the “Islamic Emirate’s” clear message to Islamabad that they search safety and stability within the area and won’t enable the usage of Afghan soil towards others.
The Taliban assertion highlighted the necessity for dialogue to resolve issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan, emphasizing cooperation and mutual profit.
Pakistan has skilled an increase in explosive and suicide assaults for over a yr, with a few of these assaults being claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The Afghan authorities has been urged by Pakistan to eradicate the TTP’s threats from Afghanistan and hand over the group’s leaders. However, the Taliban claims that they won’t enable any threats from Afghanistan towards different nations, and think about the TTP as an inner downside for Pakistan.
Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister additionally known as on Pakistan to halt the pressured deportation of Afghan immigrants, labeling it as mistaken conduct and urging the supply of crucial amenities for Afghan immigrants.
The Taliban assertion talked about that Maulana Fazal Rehman additionally condemned the expulsion of Afghan immigrants from Pakistan, emphasizing the commonality and potential advantages of the relations between the 2 nations.
Following the assembly, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaghi acknowledged that financial and safety points had been mentioned with the Pakistani Ulema delegation led by Maulana Fazal Rehman. He expressed hope for optimistic outcomes from the go to.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban regime, had invited Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman to Kabul to forestall malicious propaganda towards the Taliban regime and to tell the folks of Pakistan concerning the Afghan Taliban so as to keep away from unfavourable propaganda towards Afghanistan and its residents.
However, Rahmatullah Nabil, the previous head of Afghanistan’s nationwide safety, had claimed that Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahman obtained thousands and thousands of {dollars} from the earlier Afghan authorities to affect the Taliban in collaborating within the 2020 peace talks. Nabil additionally speculated about potential monetary incentives from Pakistan’s intelligence company to affect the Taliban’s selections concerning the TTP.
Some spiritual faculties in Pakistan, significantly within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, had been recognized as recruitment and insurgency facilities throughout the Republican regime in Afghanistan. The clerics of those faculties issued fatwas and “sharia permits” for struggle in Afghanistan, inflicting the demise and harm of many Afghan residents.