Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam Amir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday refuted Afghan allegations that religious schools were training camps for militants, saying the allegations were âabsolutely baselessâ.
In a telephone interview with the Voice of America, the party chief said the Pakistan Government, his party and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal had been following a policy of non-interference in Afghanistan. âWe have instructed our colleagues that they should not do such things that could result in complaints from the Afghan government,â he said. âThe Afghans and people living in our tribal areas have close relations with each other. They have also close ties as teachers and students. So to stop these people is impossible as neither the Pakistan and nor the Afghan governments can cut off their blood and spiritual ties. I would say that there has been no such things happening on our side and I do not know if these allegations carry any weight. The problem of Afghanistan has been that of the Afghan people and Pakistan never intervened in their affairs.â
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