This is the second time the Taliban has denied its involvement in the LoC clash. ILLUSTRATION: JAMAL KHURSHID/FILE
This is the second time Taliban has denied its involvement in the LoC clash that has heightened tensions between Pakistan and India.
“The Islamic Emirate categorically rejects the allegations of its involvement in the killing of Indian soldiers. The Islamic Emirate has repeatedly told the world community that it will neither harm anyone outside Afghanistan nor will tolerate others to harm us,” the Taliban spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid said.
“The international community is aware that Afghanistan has been invaded by foreign invaders and we have been engaged in jihad against them for 12 years,” he said in a statement.
The spokesperson said in a statement there is no logic in the notion to say that the Taliban will be sending their fighters to Kashmir.
“The Islamic Emirate wants to assure the international community once again that we have no intentions to fight outside the borders of Afghanistan,” the Taliban spokesperson said in a Pashto-language statement.
He said that the Indian officials had earlier blamed the LoC attack on its neighbouring country but later “repeatedly said that the Islamic Emirate’s Mujahideen had been involved in the attack.”
A section of the Indian media had earlier quoted unnamed security officials claiming that Pakistan's ISI may now try to increasingly push the battle-hardened Afghan Taliban into its part of Kashmir.
“The trend is expected to grow further as the 2014 deadline for Nato-led forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan draws near,” The Times of India quoted officials as saying.
The Afghan Taliban dismissed the Indian claims and said that it was not Taliban policy to send its fighters out of Afghanistan.
The Indian officials were quoted as saying that the Taliban militants were deployed in its controlled Kashmir to launch attacks on Indian forces.
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Indian govt. to their credit has lost the spine to stand upright and tell the truth to the whole world... Making the nation insecure in their bid to come to power yet again.
I may be talking off the topic, however, I see some optimism in Taliban picking up a moderate political approach towards the 'international community' they referred to cynically as 'the western world' in the past. Also, this has been one of the first conditions the US has set for the peace talks with the Taliban and the statement clearly indicates that Afghan Taliban are no longer interested in Alqaeda's worldwide khilafat ideology.
Something is not matching. India's stand in reference to LOC killings has always been that Pakistan is breaking siege fire agreement. I tried to find out the recent articles where anybody might have said that it is afgan taliban and I couldn't find it.
If there is any article from Indian media that remotely suggests about what this article is saying about India please post it. Thanks
I don't think Afghan taliban have any interest in fighting with Indian troops. India and Afghnistan have historically been very close and this can hold true with afghn taliban as well... looks like this is a miss comm...
@Indian Tell me what is going on in Kishtwar. Is it repeat of Gujrat formula?
@S Why are you calling India a superpower ..and why should India wipe out the Taliban...we have our hands full with many hungry people to feed,clothe and educate here and corruption and upa govt. scams. Bombing Talibanis is an American pastime brother ...
@s... You are day dreaming my friend..
Delusions continues... Next up: External Hemorrhoids will be blamed on Pakistan as well. Don't do it Pakistan....lol
@Shahzad: That's because It's all the same thing from our perspective.
Is Taliban seeing phantoms ? the government of India statement made no mention of Afghan Taliban.
What's going on? A mighty superpower like India can easily land its forces in Afghanistan and occupy it and kill all the Taleban causing problems. Indians now have a nuclear submarine as well, which can easily be sent through Himalayan rivers to Kabul. How dare the Afghan Taleban kill Indian soldiers?
OK. So, it's not the Afghans. Now, my second guess is . . .
What is it with Indians? First say it was a mixup of Pak army and militants, then it was army's Special Services Group, and now its Afghan infiltrators. Gone nuts?