By Chathushka Perera
Kabul, Afghanistan (CWBN)_ The US forces conducted several air raids against Taliban militants over the course of two days in response to several intensive attacks against Afghan military outposts positioned outside Lashkar Gah, Helmand.
The attacks ensued just days after the sluggish negotiation process was stalled with regard to two main points of interest that the twenty point plan had set out, pertaining to religious concerns and the involvement of the Taliban-US Agreement. The contentions developed following the Afghan Government’s rejection of its rival’s demands to follow Hanafi Jurisprudence and founding negotiations on the Taliban-US Agreement.
The Taliban are yet to comment on the matter, however, the spokeswoman for the Afghan State Ministry for Peace stated that the militant group is “holding debates on the ideas and options proposed by the Government” and that the Government remains optimistic.
Yesterday, speaking at the opening ceremony of the ZamZam Foundation, which supports victims of war, Abdullah Abdullah, the Executive of the High Council of National Reconciliation, urged a faster and purposeful peace process, and a reduction of violence in the country.
Roughly 84% of Afghanistan’s citizens are Sunni and follow Hanafi, even though it has failed to effectively permeate into national law. Hanafi, founded in 700 A.D, is a major branch of Sunni Islamic legal reasoning that is largely used in countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey and the UAE. In countries like India, Bangladesh, Eygpt, Iraq, Pakistan, Malaysia and Syria, its influences are concentrated in family and personal law.
It is generally regarded as the more tolerant or liberal forms of Islamic law and emphasies religious belief over practice.
Edited by: Elishya Perera
