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Islamabad: The Afghani The Taliban’s interim foreign ministerAmir Khan God-fearingOn Monday, he rejected the allegations of using Afghan soil for terrorist activities against Pakistan and urged Islamabad and the criminals Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to resolve their differences through dialogue.
Asked about the alleged involvement of Indian intelligence in financing terrorism for the TTP, Mottaki dismissed the accusation as mere propaganda. “Afghan soil has never been used against any country,” the Afghan minister commented in a press conference after speaking at an event organized by the Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS), an Islamabad-based think tank.
The Afghan Foreign Minister is currently on a four-day visit to Pakistan to attend the bilateral and tripartite (Pakistani-Chinese-Afghan) dialogues during which, he said, discussions were held on the security situation in the region.
The interim foreign minister said the Afghan Taliban helped initiate negotiations between Islamabad and the Pakistani Taliban in the past.
“We do not want to use Afghan soil against any country because it is not in the interest of Afghanistan,” he said, urging the two sides to focus more on dialogue.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have had their ups and downs in the past. Islamabad has held several rounds of talks brokered by the Afghan Taliban with the Pakistani Taliban, but the negotiations collapsed last year over a set of demands made by the militant group.
During the talks, the TTP succeeded in influencing the Pakistani authorities to release dozens of its leaders and fighters who are languishing in detention centers across Pakistan.
Islamabad’s anger increased over the failure of the Taliban administration to control the Pakistani Taliban, which is responsible for renewed terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan and Baluchistan in the southwest. Last April, the TTP issued a statement claiming that it had carried out 48 attacks on security forces across Pakistan.
On the Afghan interim government’s ban on girls’ education, Mottaki said the Taliban have never said that women’s education is “un-Islamic” or “forbidden”. He added that Kabul has only suspended the girls’ educational activities until further orders.
Asked about the alleged involvement of Indian intelligence in financing terrorism for the TTP, Mottaki dismissed the accusation as mere propaganda. “Afghan soil has never been used against any country,” the Afghan minister commented in a press conference after speaking at an event organized by the Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS), an Islamabad-based think tank.
The Afghan Foreign Minister is currently on a four-day visit to Pakistan to attend the bilateral and tripartite (Pakistani-Chinese-Afghan) dialogues during which, he said, discussions were held on the security situation in the region.
The interim foreign minister said the Afghan Taliban helped initiate negotiations between Islamabad and the Pakistani Taliban in the past.
“We do not want to use Afghan soil against any country because it is not in the interest of Afghanistan,” he said, urging the two sides to focus more on dialogue.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have had their ups and downs in the past. Islamabad has held several rounds of talks brokered by the Afghan Taliban with the Pakistani Taliban, but the negotiations collapsed last year over a set of demands made by the militant group.
During the talks, the TTP succeeded in influencing the Pakistani authorities to release dozens of its leaders and fighters who are languishing in detention centers across Pakistan.
Islamabad’s anger increased over the failure of the Taliban administration to control the Pakistani Taliban, which is responsible for renewed terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan and Baluchistan in the southwest. Last April, the TTP issued a statement claiming that it had carried out 48 attacks on security forces across Pakistan.
On the Afghan interim government’s ban on girls’ education, Mottaki said the Taliban have never said that women’s education is “un-Islamic” or “forbidden”. He added that Kabul has only suspended the girls’ educational activities until further orders.
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