We have a right to raise our voice for Muslims in Kashmir, says Taliban – Times of India

Kabul: Amidst India’s concern that the territory of Afghanistan could be used for anti-India activities Taliban Under the regime, the terrorist group has said that it has the right to raise its voice for Muslims anywhere, including in Kashmir. However, it said the group does not have a policy of taking up arms against any country.
In an interview with BBC Urdu, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said: “As Muslims, we have the right to raise our voices for Muslims in Kashmir, India and any other country.”
According to Geo News, “We will raise our voice and say that Muslims are your people, your citizens. They are entitled to equal rights under your laws.”
Shaheen’s remarks contradict the group’s earlier statements on Kashmir. Days after taking control of Kabul, the Taliban said Kashmir was a “bilateral and internal matter”.
ministry foreign affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday that India’s aim is to ensure that Afghanistan’s land is not used for any kind of terrorist activities.
In the first formal and publicly accepted contact, the Indian Ambassador in Qatar Deepak Mittal On Tuesday met senior Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai and conveyed India’s concerns that Afghanistan’s soil should not be used for anti-India activities and terrorism.
NS foreign Ministry Said that the discussion also focused on the safety, security and early return of Indian nationals stranded in Afghanistan and the visit of Afghan nationals, especially members of minority communities, to India.
India is concerned that Afghanistan could become a hotbed of Islamic terrorism, the first of its kind. In the past, ISIS and al Qaeda He also tried to establish a state but failed. It is feared that Sunni and Wahhabi terrorist groups will make the Taliban their safe haven.
Amid rising concerns over the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, India is expected to increase security vigil in the region.
“Security vigil will be increased in Kashmir but things are under control and Pakistan-based groups in Afghanistan have little ability to make use of the situation,” government sources said. ANI last month.
Government sources also said that Pakistan’s spy agency ISITaliban will try to influence the Taliban, who share good relations with the leadership, but it will not be able to make an impact as the Taliban is in a position of strength this time and only a weak Taliban can be influenced by the ISI.
Recently, a leader of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Pakistan has said that the Taliban will help the country to ‘liberate’ Kashmir from India. Speaking in a televised news debate, PTI leader Neelam Irshad Sheikh said, “The Taliban have said that they are with us and they will help us in this. [liberating] Kashmir.”

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