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Clerics, elders oppose foreign troops’ presence in Afghanistan
ONLINE - International News Network
KABUL: on Friday opposed the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan, saying it had no impact on the security situation.
Addressing a meeting, attended by scholars and elders, MP Allah Gol Mojahed said he had shown his aversion to foreign troops’ presence at the traditional Loya Jerga.
He had recommended strengthening and equipping Afghan forces, the lawmaker said, regretting peace continued to elude the country despite the presence of more than 100,000 foreign soldiers.
The four-day jerga concluded on 20 November with the endorsement of the strategic cooperation agreement between the US and Afghanistan. In a 76-article declaration, the delegates backed the creation of American bases in the country for a decade.
The endorsement of the agreement with the US was necessary for maintaining security and strengthening Afghanistan’s economy, delegates at the four-day assembly said in the declaration, which underlined respect for the Afghan culture, traditions and religion.
Gol called the meeting as an aim to get suggestions on foreign forces presence with reference to Islam and said:"We must do a job which will be not against Islam."
Held in the Dehsabz District of the capital, the meeting was attended by almost 300 religious scholars, prayer leaders and tribal elders from Kabul, Sarobi, Khak-e Jabbar and Bagrami districts.
"Muslims must stoutly resist Jewish influence," stressed a prayer leader of Torakhel village mosque, Mawlawi Nasir, who insisted international soldiers had failed to leave a positive impact on security. Their presence would bring no benefit to the country, he believed.
According to another religious scholar, Mawlawi Samiollah, Afghans do not need foreign forces in their country. "We want peace but it is impossible in their presence, because they are party to the conflict."
Peace would prevail only when international soldiers left the country and security transitioned to Afghan forces, Samiollah said.
The strategic agreement meant disclosing national secrets to the enemies of Islam, said the Dehsabz Kabul Ulema Council head, Mawlawi Abdol Bari. The presence of NATO-led forces and US bases in the country are contrary to Islam, he concluded.
ONLINE - International News Network
KABUL: on Friday opposed the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan, saying it had no impact on the security situation.
Addressing a meeting, attended by scholars and elders, MP Allah Gol Mojahed said he had shown his aversion to foreign troops’ presence at the traditional Loya Jerga.
He had recommended strengthening and equipping Afghan forces, the lawmaker said, regretting peace continued to elude the country despite the presence of more than 100,000 foreign soldiers.
The four-day jerga concluded on 20 November with the endorsement of the strategic cooperation agreement between the US and Afghanistan. In a 76-article declaration, the delegates backed the creation of American bases in the country for a decade.
The endorsement of the agreement with the US was necessary for maintaining security and strengthening Afghanistan’s economy, delegates at the four-day assembly said in the declaration, which underlined respect for the Afghan culture, traditions and religion.
Gol called the meeting as an aim to get suggestions on foreign forces presence with reference to Islam and said:"We must do a job which will be not against Islam."
Held in the Dehsabz District of the capital, the meeting was attended by almost 300 religious scholars, prayer leaders and tribal elders from Kabul, Sarobi, Khak-e Jabbar and Bagrami districts.
"Muslims must stoutly resist Jewish influence," stressed a prayer leader of Torakhel village mosque, Mawlawi Nasir, who insisted international soldiers had failed to leave a positive impact on security. Their presence would bring no benefit to the country, he believed.
According to another religious scholar, Mawlawi Samiollah, Afghans do not need foreign forces in their country. "We want peace but it is impossible in their presence, because they are party to the conflict."
Peace would prevail only when international soldiers left the country and security transitioned to Afghan forces, Samiollah said.
The strategic agreement meant disclosing national secrets to the enemies of Islam, said the Dehsabz Kabul Ulema Council head, Mawlawi Abdol Bari. The presence of NATO-led forces and US bases in the country are contrary to Islam, he concluded.