Sohail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Doha, said Muslims living in any country, including the Taliban, Kashmir and India, have the right to speak out.
In an interview with the BBC, Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen said: "The Taliban have the right to speak out for the Muslims of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, while we have no policy of armed action against any country do not have'.
"As Muslims, it is our right to speak up for Muslims living in Kashmir, India and any other country," he said.
Sohail Shaheen said, "We will raise our voice and say that Muslims are your own people, your own citizens and under your law they deserve equal rights."
Just two days ago, India's ambassador to Qatar spoke to the Taliban's frontline leader, the first formal diplomatic contact with him since the occupation of Afghanistan.
According to Reuters, the Foreign Ministry had said that Indian Ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal had met Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai, the head of the Taliban's political office in Doha, at the request of the Taliban.
The Foreign Ministry said that Deepak Mittal also conveyed India's concern that anti-India elements could use Afghan territory for attacks, while the Taliban representative assured the ambassador that all issues were resolved positively. Will go
It may be recalled that India has been occupying Jammu and Kashmir for the last 74 years and has been a major source of contention with neighboring Pakistan.
According to UN resolutions, India has always taken a negative stance on Pakistan's efforts to resolve the Kashmir issue, while oppression continues inside occupied Kashmir.
India imposed a lockdown in occupied Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, detaining political leaders and activists and depriving the people of basic rights, including education, health and employment.
All educational institutions, including schools, colleges and universities, have been closed in the occupied valley since August 2019, and anti-India political leaders have been detained in various jails and other places.
In India, on the other hand, his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, introduced a controversial citizenship law last year, which was strongly opposed by Muslims.
The Indian government targeted Muslims during the protests, killing dozens.
Even before the complete withdrawal of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, India had wrapped up all its diplomatic affairs in view of the arrival of the Taliban and in the first phase closed consulates in other cities and recalled its diplomatic staff. Was
Similarly, fears were expressed that anti-India groups would be strengthened in occupied Jammu and Kashmir due to the Taliban and that India would be their target.
According to a BBC report, footage of a viral TV debate quoted a leader of Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as saying, "The Taliban have said they are with us and Kashmir." Liberation (will help us).
Similarly, addressing a function in Islamabad on August 25, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid had said that India was fed up with the recent political situation in Afghanistan.
He said that India was involved in conspiracies against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPC) and was using the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and BLF for this purpose.
