Muttaqi Denies Claims of Kabul Supplying Weapons to TTP
The acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, rejected claims that the Islamic Emirate is supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and providing weapons to them.
He made the remarks in an interview with the BBC.
“So far, no heavy weapons have been seen yet and there is no possibility to transfer it,” Muttaqi said.
In response to a question about rumors of the establishment of foreign military bases on Afghan soil, Muttaqi reiterated that such an issue has not been mentioned by any country but if the Islamic Emirate was to agree to such bases, “why was it fighting for over the past 20 years?”
“If we were going to agree with the military bases, then why would we fight in the past 20 years. This was fighting with countries who had a lot of facilities… the people of Afghanistan would not even accept one military base and not one armed (foreign) man,” he said.
Muttaqi said that female education is an internal issue of Afghanistan and added that the Islamic Emirate is trying to solve it in a proper way in a bid to prevent any upcoming disputes in the country.
Earlier, the prime minister of the Pakistani caretaker government, Anwarul Haq Kakar, said that the members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan are based in Afghanistan.