Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Chief: Joint Plan Will Solve Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

The leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, said that during his visit to Kabul, he asked the Islamic Emirate to create a joint strategy to solve the problems between Kabul and Islamabad.

In an interview with a Pakistani media outlet Geo News, he said that the Pakistani officials also called the creation of this strategy appropriate.

“They voiced their displeasure about the events and losses that Pakistan suffered from the parties’ side, and said that according to us, the complaints of Pakistan are true, but to eliminate these problems…It is our responsibility to cooperate with Pakistan in this area; that is why we need to sit down and create a common strategy and move towards a long-term strategy, which was their request and when I raised it in Pakistan, they also said that it is appropriate,” Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman said.

The leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam referred to the Islamic Emirate as the only Afghan government that has ever been friendly with Pakistan, in a section of his address.

“Every nation wants its neighbor to be a friendly nation. Afghanistan seemed to be a friendly country with Pakistan only in the existence of the Islamic Emirate, but the events that happened turned our hopes into ashes,” he noted.

Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, Zabihullah Mujahid emphasized the need to solve the challenges between Kabul and Islamabad.

“The Islamic Emirate’s and the Afghan people’s intentions towards Pakistan was expressed to them, and it is related to how much they can believe it and find appropriate solutions. We always want to have good relations with all our neighbors, especially Pakistan,” Mujahid said.

Earlier, the leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, said that they are trying to solve the problems between Afghanistan and Pakistan through understanding.