Girls' Education Is Not A Priority In Afghanistan, Says Mahmood Khan Achakzai

Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the leader of Pakistan's Awami National Party, announced that he does not want to divide Pakistan, but if the country interferes in Afghanistan's affairs, he will confront it.

Referring to the Taliban's ban on girls' education, Achakzai said that in Afghanistan, there are more important problems than girls' education.

"We don't want to divide Pakistan, but if Pakistan interferes in Afghanistan and we have power, we will stop it," the leader of the Pakhtunkhwa Awami National Party (ANP) said at a gathering in Quetta on Sunday. We will not allow anyone to harm Afghanistan."

"Our party supports whoever is in power in Afghanistan," he added. "The Pakhtunkhwa Awami National Party will support anyone who strives to preserve the territorial integrity and freedom of Afghanistan."

Regarding girls' education, Achakzai said, "Afghanistan has big problems and other issues are prioritised over education. The liberation of Afghanistan and the establishment of a unified government are more important than anything else."

Referring to the Pakistani government's treatment of Afghan refugees, he said, "Pakistan should give birth certificates to those Afghan refugees who were born and raised in this country. If this is not done, we will go to international courts."

He stated that the freedom of Afghanistan is tied to the freedom of the Pashtuns of Pakistan, and reiterated that Pakistan is neither an Islamic nor a republic.

Mahmood Khan Achakzai criticised the Pakistani government's disregard for the rights of Pashtuns and said that Pashtuns should enjoy equal rights like other ethnic groups in Pakistan.

The Pashtun politician, who had close relations with politicians of the previous government in the past, has been accused of supporting the Taliban after the fall of the republican system in Afghanistan.