In an exclusive telephonic interview with CNN-News18, Taliban spokesperson and face of Taliban Suhail Shaheen denied the presence of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Maulana Masood Azhar in Afghanistan, warning Pakistan “not to make claims without evidence”.
Pakistan, in a move that is being called “hogwash" by India, has written a letter to Afghanistan to arrest. Azhar, a UN-designated terrorist, is India’s most wanted.
“We have a commitment not to allow anyone to use the soil of Afghanistan against any other country,” Shaheen said. “We warn Pakistan not to raise any claims without any evidence as it has a negative impact on bilateral relations. Claims without any evidence don’t serve any purpose…We don’t have any evidence of Azhar’s presence.”
“We will definitely look for him. We will look him for our satisfaction, but he is not here. I clearly deny and say Afghanistan is not the place to be used against any other country,” he said.
Masood Azhar was freed from an Indian jail on December 31, 1999, after the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC 814. He was designated a global terrorist after the Pulwama attack in February 2019.
Top sources told CNN-News18 that the Pakistan foreign office in its letter to the Taliban has claimed that Azhar is possibly hiding in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. “He could be in Nangarhar and Kunar areas, so he should be found, arrested, and informed," the letter says, as per the sources.
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