Afghani people protesting against the interfere of Pakistan and fuelling the violence in the country
Kabul: Pakistan was supporting Taliban in the violence of Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan have launched a protest against the Pakistan support to terrorism and meddling in the affairs of the country.
According to reports, several Afghan government politicians and famous figures even joined the campaign against Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Shuja Jamal, head of international affairs at Afghanistan’s National Security Council, has alleged that the Taliban have received men, weapons, and explosives but also direction from Pakistan.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, he said: “It is very well documented and it is not just an accusation from the Afghan government; you speak to the UN Security Council, their analytical and sanctions monitoring team puts out reports periodically, you speak to independent experts, you also speak to regional countries, the United States.”
“I think everybody believes [this is the reality]. I think this is a figure from the 2014 US Defense Department: of the many explosive devices that were used to killed American soldiers in Afghanistan, 80 percent of them used ammonium nitrate which is fertiliser but also a precursor for explosives that were produced in two Pakistani factories,” Jamal said.
He said: “But you are right that customs plays an important part of the Taliban’s ability to regenerate, but it is not the only thing. The other thing is that the Taliban is involved in transboundary, transnational organised crime in the cultivation, production and smuggling of narcotics into Iran but also through Central Asia and to Russia and Europe.”
He said: “They’re also able to extort money from people and truck drivers who drive commercial goods across the country so that is really what’s feeding the Taliban. The revenue from the borders, although alarming, is really only a small fraction thus far of their revenue to feed the war.”
Journalist Habib Khan tweeted: “Everyday, the war in Afghanistan takes the lives of many innocent Afghans. The root-cause of this conflict is Pakistan. The country seeks to invade Afghanistan, install a proxy state and use Afghanistan as a backyard for all the dirty work.”
