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administration — had already issued a fatwa (decree) that launching attacks in "Pakistain is not jihad" (holy war).
"But possibly Dirka Dirka Jihad Jihad?"
Hafiz Mohibullah Shakir, the acting consul general at the Afghan Consulate in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
, told Geo News that the neighbouring country’s defence ministry had also made it clear that attacking Pakistain did not fall under jihad.
The Pak government has time and again stressed that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) turbans have safe havens in Afghanistan and that the neighbouring nation’s soil was being used for attacks on Pakistain.
Since the Afghan Taliban took over the reins of government in 2021, Pakistain has witnessed a rise in terror incidents with 2023 being the deadliest in eight years, despite months left in its conclusion, with officials also saying that Afghan nationals were involved in attacks on security forces.
Asif Durrani, Pakistain's special representative on Afghanistan, said that the banned TTP’s attacks on Pakistain along the borders have increased and that they were "taking shelter on the Afghan soil".
In response to Pakistain’s repeated insistence on taking action, the interim Afghan rulers arrested 200 suspected turbans involved in attacks against Pakistain, Voice of America reported last month, citing Pak officials privy to the development.
Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and his Taliban counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met on the sidelines of a China-hosted international conference earlier this month.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, said Jilani "underscored that challenges confronting regional peace and stability be addressed in collaborative spirit through collective strategies".
In his conversation with Geo News, Shakir said the TTP turbans had migrated to Afghanistan during former US-backed Afghan president Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
’s tenure — 2014-2021. He was tossed by the Taliban.
"I want to make it clear: No attacks will be launched from Afghanistan on Pakistain," the envoy added.