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IEA halts Swedish activities in Afghanistan after Quran burning
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said on Tuesday all activities by Sweden in Afghanistan must stop after the burning of the Holy Quran outside a mosque in the Swedish capital last month.
“After the insulting of the Holy Quran and granting of permission for insulting of Muslim beliefs …The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is ordering the stopping of all activities of Sweden in Afghanistan,” said Zabiullah Mujahid, the IEA’s spokesman in a statement.
The order was likely to affect the Swedish non-governmental organization, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, which has thousands of aid workers at work throughout the country in health, education and rural development.
An Iraqi immigrant in Sweden burned the Quran outside a Stockholm mosque last month, causing outrage in the Muslim world.
The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the IEA order and the IEA did not provide details on which organizations would be affected.