IEA leadership understands Pakistan’s concerns: Kakar

Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, has said that the leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) understands Pakistan’s security concerns and considers them to be real.

In an interview with Pakistan’s Khyber News TV channel, Kakar added that the Islamic Emirate has seized power, but it does not have full central control.

“Hundreds of billions of US dollars were spent, but Ashraf Ghani’s government could not achieve central control. It would be an exaggeration to expect the IEA to do this in seven or eight months. They will increase their control over time,” Kakar said.

The prime minister pointed out that he does not consider Afghans a threat to his country because they have their own identity, territory and culture.

But he emphasized that it is very important to ensure that Afghan soil is not used against neighboring countries.

Kakar also claimed that the laws of the Pakistani government are not against Islam and that there should be a fight against the “rebels”. He criticized past negotiations with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

The caretaker prime minister of Pakistan also said that the decision on what kind of political system should be formed in Afghanistan is up to the Afghans themselves. He suggested that the recognition of the Islamic Emirate depends on the decision of the international community.

The Islamic Emirate has previously rejected the claims of Pakistani officials about the presence of TTP in Afghanistan and said that Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan’s “security failure”.