Taliban Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs Maulvi Abdul Kabir has said that the Afghan soil will not pose a threat to any country, it emerged on Wednesday.
He passed these remarks during a meeting with Maulana Hamidul Haq, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami, in Kabul, according to Maulvi Kabir’s office.
The JUI-S leader led a delegation of Pakistani religious scholars on a five-day visit to Afghanistan. Haq, son of Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, is the deputy head of Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, where several Afghan Taliban leaders have studied.
JUI-S leader Israr Madni, who was a member of the delegation and heads the International Research Council for Religious Affairs, said the visit to the neighbouring country concluded Wednesday. He added that the visit was part of “religious diplomacy” which was welcomed by the Afghan side.
During the meeting with the Pakistani delegation, Maulvi Kabir termed the role of scholars in improving relations between the two countries as “very important”, a statement issued by his office said.
