Those dubbed as Al Qaeda and aliens on the Pakistani land are the same people who were once called the holy warriors to defeat Soviet troops in Afghanistan, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad said on Sunday. They fought the war against Russia in Afghanistan for the cause of Islam and now were doing the same to thwart American designs in the region, said the JI chief while addressing a tribal jirga sponsored by his party.Qazi said Al Qaeda and Taliban were not against the state of Pakistan. However, they were against the 'pro-United States governments' of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
He claimed there were no foreign fighters in Pakistan. "Anyone who is fighting in the path of Allah is my brother," he said.
Qazi said they would block the NATO supply routes through Pakistan if the foreign troops did not stop drone attacks in the Tribal Areas. He said the government was killing its own people to appease the Americans.