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Ulema Condemns Farah Clash And Briefs On Indonesia Conference

Afghan Ulema council on Tuesday condemned the attack on Farah at a press briefing on the Indonesia trilateral conference (Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan religious scholars meeting on peace) and called the war brutal. 
 
“A brutal war is going on in Farah province, we strictly condemn all attacks in Nangarhar and other parts of the country and terrorists do not belong to any tribe, language, country or religion,” said Mawlavi Mohammad Qasim Halimi Ulema council member and spokesman.
 
This comes after heavy clashes broke out on Tuesday and are ongoing between government forces and Taliban insurgents in the capital city of western Farah province. 
 
The clashes started at about 2am early Tuesday after Taliban insurgents launched an attack on the city, a member of the provincial council Dadullah Qane said, adding that “clashes are ongoing in several parts of the city and close to the National Directorate of Security (NDS) department.”
 
In the meantime, the residents of the city said that “if the government does not send more troops to the province, Farah city will fall into the hands of the Taliban.”
 
The Ulema council members who were at the Indonesia conference last week are meanwhile optimistic about the outcome of  the meeting. 
 
They said that during the conference war and bloodshed in Afghanistan was deemed illegitimate and that Islamic countries supported the Afghan peace process. 
 
Ulema Council also said that participants at the Indonesia conference supported President Ashraf Ghani’s peace offer. 
 
“The conditions for Afghan peace are in place, and the participants at this conference have called on all parties involved to enter into direct talks with the Afghan government,” said Halimi.
 
In February, Afghanistan held an international conference on peace in a bid to map the way forward to get the Taliban to denounce violence, endorse the Afghan constitution and enter into purposeful peace negotiations with government. 
 
Ghani said the peace process, and a ceasefire must be agreed upon with the Taliban.

He also called on Pakistan to hold government to government talks and said: “We will be ready to starts talks with Pakistan and forget the past and start a new chapter.”

Ghani sent a strong message to the Taliban when he made the offer and said peace is now in their hands. He called on the group to accept the offer and to join the peace process and together with Afghanistan “save the country”.

He also announced the Afghan government will provide passports to Taliban members and their families and will issue visas, open an office for them - even in Kabul - and will work to remove sanctions against Taliban leaders.
 
According to Ulema council spokesman Halimi it is expected that in July a meeting with Islamic countries’ representatives  will be held on Afghanistan in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. 
 
Furthermore, the Ulema Council said that all three countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia) Ulema’s condemned suicide attacks and called the attacks illegitimate. 
 
In addition, the presidential palace said in a statement on Tuesday that in a meeting with the Ulema Council delegation who attended the Indonesia conference, Ghani said that the government’s responsibility is to maintain peace. 

Afghanistan is on a positive path with the Afghan, Indonesian, and Pakistani scholars’ conference, the statement added. 
 
According to HPC officials, clerics from the three nations declared the war against the Afghan government as illegitimate and said all sides agreed to work together with Islamic scholars in the region and in the world to bring about peace and stability in Afghanistan.
 
Religious scholars from Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan on Friday issued a declaration on the war and peace in Afghanistan and said they supported efforts for peace and opposed 'terrorism and violent extremism'.
 
The religious scholars said in the declaration that the Ulema of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia can play a crucial role in promoting peace and that they support such efforts.

Ulema Condemns Farah Clash And Briefs On Indonesia Conference

Ulema Council members said that participants at the Indonesia conference supported President Ashraf Ghani’s peace offer. 

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Afghan Ulema council on Tuesday condemned the attack on Farah at a press briefing on the Indonesia trilateral conference (Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan religious scholars meeting on peace) and called the war brutal. 
 
“A brutal war is going on in Farah province, we strictly condemn all attacks in Nangarhar and other parts of the country and terrorists do not belong to any tribe, language, country or religion,” said Mawlavi Mohammad Qasim Halimi Ulema council member and spokesman.
 
This comes after heavy clashes broke out on Tuesday and are ongoing between government forces and Taliban insurgents in the capital city of western Farah province. 
 
The clashes started at about 2am early Tuesday after Taliban insurgents launched an attack on the city, a member of the provincial council Dadullah Qane said, adding that “clashes are ongoing in several parts of the city and close to the National Directorate of Security (NDS) department.”
 
In the meantime, the residents of the city said that “if the government does not send more troops to the province, Farah city will fall into the hands of the Taliban.”
 
The Ulema council members who were at the Indonesia conference last week are meanwhile optimistic about the outcome of  the meeting. 
 
They said that during the conference war and bloodshed in Afghanistan was deemed illegitimate and that Islamic countries supported the Afghan peace process. 
 
Ulema Council also said that participants at the Indonesia conference supported President Ashraf Ghani’s peace offer. 
 
“The conditions for Afghan peace are in place, and the participants at this conference have called on all parties involved to enter into direct talks with the Afghan government,” said Halimi.
 
In February, Afghanistan held an international conference on peace in a bid to map the way forward to get the Taliban to denounce violence, endorse the Afghan constitution and enter into purposeful peace negotiations with government. 
 
Ghani said the peace process, and a ceasefire must be agreed upon with the Taliban.

He also called on Pakistan to hold government to government talks and said: “We will be ready to starts talks with Pakistan and forget the past and start a new chapter.”

Ghani sent a strong message to the Taliban when he made the offer and said peace is now in their hands. He called on the group to accept the offer and to join the peace process and together with Afghanistan “save the country”.

He also announced the Afghan government will provide passports to Taliban members and their families and will issue visas, open an office for them - even in Kabul - and will work to remove sanctions against Taliban leaders.
 
According to Ulema council spokesman Halimi it is expected that in July a meeting with Islamic countries’ representatives  will be held on Afghanistan in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. 
 
Furthermore, the Ulema Council said that all three countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia) Ulema’s condemned suicide attacks and called the attacks illegitimate. 
 
In addition, the presidential palace said in a statement on Tuesday that in a meeting with the Ulema Council delegation who attended the Indonesia conference, Ghani said that the government’s responsibility is to maintain peace. 

Afghanistan is on a positive path with the Afghan, Indonesian, and Pakistani scholars’ conference, the statement added. 
 
According to HPC officials, clerics from the three nations declared the war against the Afghan government as illegitimate and said all sides agreed to work together with Islamic scholars in the region and in the world to bring about peace and stability in Afghanistan.
 
Religious scholars from Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan on Friday issued a declaration on the war and peace in Afghanistan and said they supported efforts for peace and opposed 'terrorism and violent extremism'.
 
The religious scholars said in the declaration that the Ulema of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia can play a crucial role in promoting peace and that they support such efforts.

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