Islamabad: Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir has asked the Taliban government of Afghanistan to choose between Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Pakistan. Munir claimed that most of the terrorist groups coming from across the border include Afghan citizens. Addressing the National Ulema Conference held in Islamabad recently, Munir compared Pakistan to the state established by the Prophet in the Arab region 1400 years ago. Official information about the speech, delivered on December 10, was limited, but select clips were broadcast on local television on Sunday, causing a stir.
Munir also gave a big statement on Jihad
Munir asked the Afghan Taliban government to choose between Pakistan and TTP. He claimed that 70 percent of the TTP group infiltrating Pakistan from across the border are Afghan citizens. He asked, ‘Isn’t Afghanistan shedding the blood of our Pakistani children?’ He said that the Afghan Taliban will have to choose between Pakistan and TTP. Munir further said that in an Islamic state, only the state can order jihad. He clarified, ‘Only those who have received permission and orders from the state have the right to issue fatwas for jihad. No one can issue a fatwa of Jihad without the order and permission of the state.
‘Pakistan got spiritual help’
Munir’s speech was full of Islamic references and he quoted several Quranic verses. He said there are 57 Islamic countries in the world and among them, ‘Allah has given us the honor of protecting Haramain Sharifan (Mecca and Medina).’ Referring to the conflict with India in May, Munir claimed that Pakistan received ‘spiritual help’. Let us tell you that India had started ‘Operation Sindoor’ on May 7, in which terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir were targeted. This was in response to the Pahalgam attack, in which 26 civilians were killed. India had caused a lot of damage to Pakistan in ‘Operation Sindoor’.
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