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Afghanistan Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund on Monday told Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman that Kabul \u201cdid not intend to harm\u201d Pakistan or any other country.<\/p>\n
The Afghan premier passed these remarks during a meeting with an 11-member delegation led by Fazl, who arrived<\/a> in Kabul a day earlier on the Afghan interim government\u2019s invitation<\/a>. The trip is the JUI-F\u2019s first visit to the neighbouring country since the Taliban takeover in 2021.<\/p>\n A statement issued by the Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid today quoted Mullah Hasan as saying that the \u201cIslamic Emirate will not allow anyone to pose a threat to any country\u201d.<\/p>\n The Afghan PM described the role of religious scholars as very important to resolve problems and remove misunderstandings between Islamabad and Kabul, it said.<\/p>\n The Taliban leader also called for a halt to what he called Pakistan authorities\u2019 \u201cbrutal\u201d policy against Afghan refugees. \u201cSuch kind of behaviour does not solve the problems but leads to mistrust,\u201d the statement quoted Mullah Hasan as saying.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Afghan acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi \u2014 who also attended the meeting \u2014 mentioned \u201cthe problems of Afghan traders\u201d and the issues created by Pakistani officials in transit trade and exports.<\/p>\n Muttaqi was quoted as saying that \u201ctrade and bilateral economic issues should not be sacrificed for political purposes\u201d.<\/p>\n The statement said Fazl described the \u201cvictory of the Islamic Emirate against the invasion as a major success and congratulated the people of Afghanistan\u201d.<\/p>\n The JUI-F chief also hoped that the Islamic system in Afghanistan would be further strengthened, which would have a positive impact on the Islamic world.<\/p>\n \u201cThe purpose of my visit is to remove misunderstandings between the two countries,\u201d Fazl was quoted as saying. Further, both sides called for joint efforts to find solutions to the persisting problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n Separately, a statement issued by the JUI-F media cell after the meeting said Fazl stressed on finding ways of cooperation between the two countries in politics, economy, trade and mutual development.<\/p>\n He also maintained that the JUI-F had raised its voice in protest against the deportation of Afghan nationals. \u201cWe consider this kind of behaviour wrong and a cause of problems between the two countries,\u201d the statement quoted Fazl as saying.<\/p>\n The meeting between the JUI-F chief and Afghan leaders comes at a time when relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have suffered due to a spike in terrorist attacks<\/a>, mostly claimed by the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban.<\/p>\n Earlier today, five cops were martyred<\/a> and 27 people were injured in a blast near a police van in the Mamund tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Bajaur district. The attack was claimed by the TTP.<\/p>\n Islamabad has stated that the TTP and other groups use Afghan soil against Pakistan. While the Afghan Taliban have denied the charge, authorities remain unconvinced and have demanded action against the TTP, its sanctuaries, and the handover of its leaders.<\/p>\n The ties between the two neighbours took a further hit when Pakistan started deporting<\/a> illegal Afghans. Nearly half a million undocumented Afghans have so far left Pakistan since November 1, last year.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Afghanistan Deputy Prime Minister Maulvi Abdul Kabir welcomed the visiting delegation, headed by Fazl, and hoped that the visit would help decrease misunderstandings between the two countries.<\/p>\n A statement issued by the office of the Afghan deputy PM thanked Pakistan for hosting Afghan refugees and supporting Afghans during the fight against the erstwhile Soviet Union.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Islamic Emirate desires good relations with all neighbouring countries especially Pakistan, based on mutual respect,\u201d the statement quoted Maulvi Kabir as saying.<\/p>\n He assured the delegation that there would be no threat to anyone from the Afghan soil. \u201cThere should be discussions on realities instead of claims and propaganda in the media,\u201d the Taliban leader said.<\/p>\n He also demanded an end to the mistreatment and forced deportation of Afghan refugees. Maulvi Kabir further hoped that Fazl would convey Afghanistan\u2019s message to Pakistan that the former desired peace and stability in the region and would not allow anyone to use Afghan soil against anyone.<\/p>\n Separately, the statement quoted the JUI-F chief as saying that differences should be resolved through dialogue. \u201cWe should cooperate with each other and both countries must take advantage of commonalities,\u201d Fazl added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Afghanistan Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund on Monday told Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman that Kabul \u201cdid not intend to harm\u201d Pakistan or any other country. The Afghan premier passed these remarks during a meeting with an 11-member delegation led by Fazl, who arrived in Kabul a day earlier on the Afghan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/081502295f7ed07.jpg?r=150302","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2018Visit to help decrease misunderstandings\u2019<\/h2>\n