Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan on Thursday did not agree to hand over Maulvi Faqir who is a senior Taliban leader in Pakistan. This happened few hours after Islamabad asked for his release. In the beginning of this week, the Afghanistan intelligence captured the Taliban leader in the Afghan’s eastern part.
In the briefing done by the press this week, Moazzam Khan, the spokesperson of the foreign ministry released reports that the capture of Faqir was already informed to the foreign minister Hina Rabbani. Zalmani Rassoul, who is the counterpart of Rabbani, was the one who gave the information on Thursday on a telephone call.
It is our hope that Faqir would bet set free and be given out to the government of Pakistan for trials because he is responsible for shedding of the innocent blood of the citizens. Khan told the press on his released a report about the capture of Faqir.
Unfortunately, the request to release Faqir to Pakistan government was turned down by the foreign ministry in Afghan few hours after the request owing to the claim that there was no legal agreement that would see the exchange of the prisoners by Pakistan and the Afghanistan countries.
Janan Musazai, spokesperson of the foreign ministry in Afghanistan sent an email to Tribune express claiming that, in the tripartite summit which was recently held in London, Islamabad turned down the request by Kabul to hand over a prisoner in Taliban. This clearly depicts that it was a revenge mission by Kabul.
Afghanistan had requested the handing over of this prisoner to its government by the Pakistan government so that the two governments would take part in peace and reconciliation talks. However, Pakistan kept on insisting that there was no agreement that allows the exchange of prisoners between the two countries.
Musazai insisted that it was equally important for the Afghan government to get this prisoner and that it would consider taking the Pakistani government into consideration regarding this issue. He insisted that the exchange of the prisoner was necessary for the purpose of peace and reconciliation.
As this was in progress, Musazai said that the government is doing everything to investigate and release reports about the capturing. He told the media. However, when he was reached over the phone, he refused to give any further details regarding the capture of the citizen.
The former TTP’s deputy chief, Faqir was demoted when there were reports claiming that he was having unauthorized contacts with the government of Pakistan. Through the confirmation on the interview by the Tribune Express, he agreed to having contacted the religious leaders in Pakistan twice on behalf of the top security officials. Officials in Pakistan claim that the former TTP deputy chief fled to Afghanistan in the year 2008 and 2009, in the tribal region.
This is a clear indication that it will be quite hard for Faqir to be handed over to his government. He may face charges in the court of law in the country that he got arrested.
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