Maulana Sami Calls for Secret Meeting Between Religious Leaders and Taliban
A high-level delegation from Afghanistan met with the chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Samiul Haq and called on him to play his role in resolving the Afghan issue.
A high-level delegation from Afghanistan met with the chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Samiul Haq and called on him to play his role in resolving the Afghan issue.
According to a press release issued by the seminary, the meeting which lasted two-and-a-half hours during which the delegation members discussed with Maulana Sami different matters relating to Afghanistan.
They asked the JUI-S chief to play the role of a mediator between different groups of Taliban as they considered him (Maulana Sami) their elder. The delegation members assured him that they would accept his decision for reconciliation in Afghanistan. Dawn reported.
Maulana Sami advised the delegation to initially arrange a meeting between sincere religious leaders and the Taliban without any interference of the United States and Pakistan at a secret place to understand each others’ basic aims.
The Maulana said that once the two sides agreed on basic things then demand for freedom of Afghanistan and repatriation of Nato forces from the country be raised. After that, he added, all Afghan groups should sit together for a system in the country which was acceptable to the people of Afghanistan.
