A Taliban spokesman has stated the organization reserves the right to speak out in assist of Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir, remarks that run counter to senior Taliban chief Anas Haqqani’s contention that the organisation would not intrude in Kashmir.
Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen was quoted by BBC Urdu, in a report posted online on Thursday, as announcing that the organization does now no longer have a policy of taking up arms against any country. In this context, he cited the phrases of the agreement signed by the Taliban and the United States in February 2020.
However, Shaheen stated that the Taliban, as Muslims, have the proper to raise their voice for Muslims in Kashmir, India or another country. “We will improve our voice and say that Muslims are your personal people, your personal citizens. They are entitled to equal rights beneath neath your laws,” he became quoted as saying.
Haqqani had stated withinside the interview that Kashmir was not a difficulty for Afghanistan.
“We have a clear policy that when something isn't a difficulty for our country, we cannot intrude in another country,” he had stated, talking in Urdu. He had additionally defined reports about the Haqqani Network assisting Pakistan-based groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which are active in Kashmir, as “propaganda”.
There was no on the spot reaction from Indian officials to Shaheen’s comments.