Pakistan blames Afghanistan for its security failures: Fazl-ur-Rahman

Fazl-ur-Rahman also stated that during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, the Afghan governments manipulated people into believing that Pakistan was Afghanistan’s enemy. He said now, the Islamic Emirate, is trying to overturn this mindset through the school curriculum.

Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahman, the leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam political party, has said that Islamabad blames Kabul for its security failures.

Fazl stated in an interview with Radio Mashaal that although Pakistan has a stronger army than Afghanistan, it immediately blames Afghanistan for security incidents in Pakistan without accepting its own failure to control the situation.

“Why is Pakistan unable to control the movement of people with the army?” Fazl asked.

He said Pakistan claimed that Afghans were involved in the March suicide attack on Chinese engineers. If this was the case, then why were these attackers not stopped at checkpoints, he asked.

Fazl-ur-Rahman also stated that during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, the Afghan governments manipulated people into believing that Pakistan was Afghanistan’s enemy. He said now, the Islamic Emirate, is trying to overturn this mindset through the school curriculum.

“The Islamic Emirate is now working on the educational curriculum for school students, with which relations with Pakistan will be closer based on brotherhood, Islamic faith and neighborliness… Is there not a need to develop love for Afghanistan in Pakistan as well?” Fazl asked.

Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that the uptick in attacks in the country is rooted in Afghanistan, but the Islamic Emirate has denied such claims, saying Afghanistan is not responsible for security failures in Pakistan.