- MAIDAN - The Tehrik Nafaz
Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) has decided to send the first batch of volunteers
for Jihad to Afghanistan against the US and its allies today (Thursday)
to be headed by Malik Mahmud Jan. The Tehrik amir Maulana Sufi Muhammad
will also accompany the group.
Addressing an armed protest rally against US-led air strikes on Afghanistan,
Maulana Sufi Muhammad said Jihad is mandatory on Muslims as America has
launched a war on Afghans and killing innocent people in the guise of campaign
against terrorism. He said it was a war between Islam and the infidels.
He accused the government of providing information to the Americans about
Osama bin Laden and Mulla Muhammad Omer and other sensitive spots. Sufi
Muhammad said thousands of activists from Malakand division would leave
for Jihad in groups and the first group would leave here today (Thursday),
to be led by Malik Mahmud Jan and he (Sufi) will accompany it.
He said any move to stop them from going to Afghanistan would be resisted
and Jihad would be launched against those trying to stop them. The Maulana
asked the people to be ready for Jihad and keep arms and ammunition. He
warned the government of stern resistance if it tried to stop volunteers
from crossing over into Afghanistan.
Addressing the rally Maulana Ziaul Haq held the Pakistan government responsible
for killing of innocent Afghans. He warned the government to expel the
representatives of Zahir Shah and Northern Alliance from the country otherwise
the Mujahideen would launch suicide attacks on them and kill them if spotted
any where.
Malik Mahmud Jan, Maulana Hamdullah, Maulana Habibur Rahman and Maulana
Wazir Zada also spoke on the occasion. They lashed out at the government
for supporting the United States. Any conspiracy to install Zahir Shah
or other imposed solution on Afghanistan would be foiled and Jihad would
be launched against the Americans as well as those supporting them.
Our Daggar correspondent adds: Armed activists of Tehrik Nafaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi
on Wednesday camped near here for the night on their way to join Jihad
for defence of Afghanistan.
The TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad has declared the war against the US
Jihad and asked his followers to join the Taliban. They will spend the
night at Koh-e-Daman, Baba Jee Kandow under open sky before leaving for
Afghanistan via Bajaur on Thursday (today) morning.
The call for Jihad was made through loudspeakers on Tuesday evening. The
announcers asked the fighters to camp at Baba Jee Kandow, some eight kilometres
from here. Wearing black turbans and Kalashnikovs in their hands a large
number of people headed for the campsite. "More than a thousand activists,
aged from 14 to 80, armed with Kalashnikovs have gathered at the camp,"
an eyewitness said.
Addressing the activists, the TNSM Buner district chief Maulana Salar and
Maulana Mohammad Amin declared the camp area as battlefield and directed
the trained fighters to follow security measurements. Every intending fighter
was asked to bring at least Rs 1,000 cash and a gun.
They said that the central chief has directed them to peacefully move towards
Timergara on Thursday. However, they made it clear that no blockade would
be tolerated. They warned of armed clash if the government tried to stop
them on their way to Afghanistan.
About 20,000 persons armed with sophisticated arms attended the TNSM rally
at Maidan, Kumbar. Activists from Dir, Swat, Buner, Shangla, Bisham and
Kohistan districts and Malakand Agency have reached Kumber as the first
batch of Mujahideen will leave for Afghanistan today. According to reliable
sources the government has called the Frontier Corps personnel and APCs
from Peshawar to handle any eventuality.
Our Mingora correspondent adds: Thousands of TNSM activists armed with
sophisticated weapons staged protest demonstrations at different parts
of Swat district. They later proceeded to Maidan, Dir, to leave for Afghanistan
to join the Jihad against US there.
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