Taliban After deal with Pakistan: We will send Mujahideen to Afghanistan

The Taliban will not lay down their arms in NWFP as part of the peace deal that included the introduction of Sharia (Islamic law) but will take their “struggle” to new areas, a spokesman of the group said on April 15, Dawn reported. “Sharia doesn’t permit us to lay down arms… If a government, either in Pakistan or Afghanistan, continues anti-Muslim policies, it’s out of the question that Taliban lay down their arms,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said by telephone. “When we achieve our goal at one place, there are other areas where we need to struggle for it,” he said. Khan also said militants would go to Afghanistan to fight US-led forces if the Afghan Taliban called for help. “Our struggle is for a cause and that’s to enforce Allah’s rule on Allah’s land. We will send mujahideen to Afghanistan if they demand them,” he said.