Kabul / Kashgil News
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban interim government in Afghanistan, has said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan had released three Pakistani soldiers in the past few days, the purpose of which was to send a message that we want peace, however, Pakistan has responded through recent airstrikes that they do not want peace.
In an interview given to BBC Pashto Radio on Monday, the Afghan Taliban spokesman said, “Now we will take revenge, and if Pakistan takes any action after this, (they) will also see its reaction.” When asked, “We have seen that many Pakistani Taliban have also fought in Afghanistan and they have links with you people?” To this, Zabihullah Mujahid said, “Our identity is one, our language is one, we have made it clear to them that they cannot use the land of Afghanistan.”
When asked about Pakistan’s claim that Pakistani officials and experts say that the TTP and the Afghan Taliban are two sides of the same coin, the Taliban spokesperson said, “These are the words of those who are unaware of the Taliban’s setup.” He said that they (TTP) have a separate organization and identity.
According to the spokesperson, “The TTP came into existence in 2003 due to wrong policies during the Musharraf era. They have a history of fighting, they have had great leaders, such as Hakimullah Mehsud and Baitullah Mehsud.’ Zabihullah Mujahid added that ‘Pakistan has carried out such attacks on Afghanistan in the past and we have responded to them forcefully and this time too we will respond according to our strength and energy.’
The Afghan Taliban spokesperson alleged that ‘such attacks in Afghanistan are linked to a specific section of the Pakistani army, a section from which peace and development are not being seen in Afghanistan.’ He claimed that ‘this specific section does not listen to the Pakistani government, nor to the people, nor to the scholars, nor to the parliament, nor to the politicians, nor to the political parties.’ He added that ‘we do not blame the whole of Pakistan for these attacks.’
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