Those who went from Afghanistan to Pak for militancy will not be called martyrs if they are killed: Afghan Taliban’s Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada

KABUL, Aug 10 (SABAH): Afghan Taliban’s Supreme Leader Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada has said that those who went from Afghanistan to Pakistan for militancy will not be called martyrs if they are killed.

Afghan Taliban’s Supreme Leader Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada issued a fatwa on jihad outside Afghanistan with strict orders.

In a statement, Haibatullah Akhundzada said that no Afghan citizen and member of the Afghan government will cross the border for militancy, those who went to Pakistan for militancy and were killed will not be called martyrs, but their death will be declared unclean.

The Afghan Supreme Leader said that after the death of any Afghan citizen in Pakistan, no representative of the interim Afghan government will attend his funeral. Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada said that those who violate these orders will no longer be considered part of Afghanistan’s interim government.

According to media reports, Mullah Haibatullah has already given this fatwa and it was discussed in talks between Pakistan’s Special Representative Asif Durrani and Afghan officials last month. Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Muttaqi, Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani and others attended the talks in Kabul.

The reports further stated, “Pakistan is urging the Afghan Taliban to issue this fatwa publicly so that the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its supporters can be stopped from activities that are deteriorating relations between the two countries, while the Taliban say that they have spread this fatwa among their people, especially security and intelligence formations.

In the message, Afghan Minister for Defence Mullah Yaqoob said that without naming any country, Mullah Haibatullah has declared that jihad outside Afghanistan has ended. “Even then, if someone wants to go out of Afghanistan and do jihad, it will not be considered jihad. If the mujahedeen want to fight despite the Amir’s orders to stop, it will not be called jihad but enmity. All mujahedeen should cooperate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan instead of fighting elsewhere, he added.