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ISLAMABAD: Afghan security officials have expelled over 30 Pakistani clerics
from mosques in southern Kandahar
province over provocative speeches to
encourage people for an uprising
against the government, an Afghan
official told The Express Tribune on
Tuesday.
Hamdullah Nazak, governor of district
Dand in Kandahar, said that Pakistani
clerics had come from Balochistan and had
no valid documents. When the
authorities asked them to provide
documents and prove their identity, they
failed, Nazak said via phone from
Kandahar.
He said Afghan authorities took action
against the Pakistani ulema after they
received information that they were
encouraging people to stage a rebellion
against the US-backed government in
Kabul.
We launched a campaign against
Pakistani clerics and expelled all those
who were leading prayers and delivering
sermons without permission and without
documents, Nazak added.
The district governor also said most of the
Pakistani clerics arrived in Kandahar from
Balochistans Muslim Bagh area. Nazak
added that authorities also passed on
information to Afghan intelligence
officials about some of the clerics.
He claimed that there are still several
religious scholars in Afghanistan who
have arrived from Pakistan without any
documents, adding that action will also be
taken against them.
They are involved in the dissemination of
negative speeches to mislead people,
which is unacceptable, Nazak said.
Afghan officials, tribal elders and
members of the Senate Defence
Committee met in Kandahar on Tuesday
and discussed the security situation in the
province and the governors expressed
concern over the illegal presence of
clerics from across the border in mosques,
according to the local media.
Mamoon Durrani, an Afghan journalist
who covered the meeting, told The
Express Tribune via phone from Kandahar
that the district governor also accused the
chief of the government-backed clerics
council of his failure to take action
against Pakistani ulema for their anti-
government speeches.
Nazak told the meeting that the Taliban
are fighting against the government with
the help of these Pakistani ulema,
according to Durrani.
He said that the meeting was also told
that the Afghan Taliban have asked locals
to cultivate poppy in some districts in
Kandahar to glean tax from them.
Governor of Jarai District, Niaz
Muhammad Sarhadi, claimed in the
meeting that a member of the Quetta
Shura, Jabbar Agha, led a Taliban
delegation which travelled to several
districts in Kandahar to encourage people
to grow poppy.
The decision to expel Pakistani clerics
comes in the wake of increasing tensions
between Afghanistan and Pakistan,
exacerbated by cross-border attacks.
President Hamid Karzai harshly criticised
Islamabad at a press conference in Kabul
earlier. Pakistan angrily reacted to the
Afghan presidents remarks, and termed
them misplaced and without any basis.
ISLAMABAD: Afghan security officials have expelled over 30 Pakistani clerics
from mosques in southern Kandahar
province over provocative speeches to
encourage people for an uprising
against the government, an Afghan
official told The Express Tribune on
Tuesday.
Hamdullah Nazak, governor of district
Dand in Kandahar, said that Pakistani
clerics had come from Balochistan and had
no valid documents. When the
authorities asked them to provide
documents and prove their identity, they
failed, Nazak said via phone from
Kandahar.
He said Afghan authorities took action
against the Pakistani ulema after they
received information that they were
encouraging people to stage a rebellion
against the US-backed government in
Kabul.
We launched a campaign against
Pakistani clerics and expelled all those
who were leading prayers and delivering
sermons without permission and without
documents, Nazak added.
The district governor also said most of the
Pakistani clerics arrived in Kandahar from
Balochistans Muslim Bagh area. Nazak
added that authorities also passed on
information to Afghan intelligence
officials about some of the clerics.
He claimed that there are still several
religious scholars in Afghanistan who
have arrived from Pakistan without any
documents, adding that action will also be
taken against them.
They are involved in the dissemination of
negative speeches to mislead people,
which is unacceptable, Nazak said.
Afghan officials, tribal elders and
members of the Senate Defence
Committee met in Kandahar on Tuesday
and discussed the security situation in the
province and the governors expressed
concern over the illegal presence of
clerics from across the border in mosques,
according to the local media.
Mamoon Durrani, an Afghan journalist
who covered the meeting, told The
Express Tribune via phone from Kandahar
that the district governor also accused the
chief of the government-backed clerics
council of his failure to take action
against Pakistani ulema for their anti-
government speeches.
Nazak told the meeting that the Taliban
are fighting against the government with
the help of these Pakistani ulema,
according to Durrani.
He said that the meeting was also told
that the Afghan Taliban have asked locals
to cultivate poppy in some districts in
Kandahar to glean tax from them.
Governor of Jarai District, Niaz
Muhammad Sarhadi, claimed in the
meeting that a member of the Quetta
Shura, Jabbar Agha, led a Taliban
delegation which travelled to several
districts in Kandahar to encourage people
to grow poppy.
The decision to expel Pakistani clerics
comes in the wake of increasing tensions
between Afghanistan and Pakistan,
exacerbated by cross-border attacks.
President Hamid Karzai harshly criticised
Islamabad at a press conference in Kabul
earlier. Pakistan angrily reacted to the
Afghan presidents remarks, and termed
them misplaced and without any basis.
