Sheikh Hibatullah Akhunzada, the top Taliban official in Afghanistan, has declared that cross-border assaults, especially those on Pakistan, are against Islamic law.
Afghan leader deems attacks on Pakistan: To assist prevent the TTP and its Afghan followers from engaging in actions that deteriorate relations between the two nations, the Pakistani side advised the Taliban to make the diktat public.
Sheikh Hibatullah’s orders have instructed all organizations to declare their allegiance. These orders explicitly prohibit any attacks on Pakistan. Moreover, the Afghan supreme leader has announced a prohibition on Afghan citizens crossing the border due to concerns of militancy. He further articulated that individuals who lose their lives in Pakistan will not receive recognition as martyrs.
According to Akhunzada’s instructions, no representative of the Afghan government would attend the funerals of terrorist cross-border operatives.
On Saturday, the Taliban Defense Minister Muhammad Yaqoob delivered a speech that the official Afghan television station broadcasted in audio format. In this address, he provided some new information about Hibatullah’s directive about cross-border fighting.
Yaqoob asserted, without naming any particular nation, that the Taliban’s supreme leader had terminated the jihad or holy war. He emphasized that universal “obedience” to this directive was mandatory for all. Yaqoob was addressing a group of Taliban leaders and law enforcement officials.
“Jihad can no longer be regarded if someone still departs Afghanistan with the intention of carrying out jihad elsewhere. It is not jihad, but rather animosity if Mujahideen [Taliban soldiers] carry on fighting in defiance of the emir’s orders to cease fighting, stated Yaqoob, using Hibatullah’s formal title.