Talibanisation not possible in Karachi, says Afghan C-G

Talibanisation is not possible in the city because of the existence of modern culture, democracy and flourishing business, said the Consul General of Afghanistan, Abdul Ahad Khaliqyar.

He was talking to newsmen at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) on Wednesday after attending certificate awarding ceremony for Afghan doctors trained by the SIUT who will work at the first kidney centre in Jalalabad donated by the Government of Pakistan.

“Talibanisation is impossible in Karachi because it has very different culture,” he said. He said there might be Talibanisation in the tribal areas of Pakistan because there “the culture is same.” He believed in Afghanistan, Talibanisation is also restricted to certain areas.

“There is trouble in only three to four provinces out of the total 34 provinces of Afghanistan,” he explained, adding that these troubled provinces are near the Pak-Afghan border.

He appreciated the new democratic government in Pakistan hoping that the relations between the countries will be improved. He added that the SIUT’s efforts to train Afghan doctors and paramedical staff will help improve relations between the countries, which are neighbours and enjoy a combined historical tradition and relationship.

The consul general added that there are seven medical colleges and one medical university in Afghanistan. He said that there is no data available about the existence of kidney diseases in Afghanistan.

Dr Salahuddin, who was trained by the SIUT doctors, said that no one can separate Afghanistan and Pakistan because both the countries have the same religion, culture and geography.

He said that the SIUT had planted flowers of love and brotherhood in Afghanistan with the training programme to help the poor patients of the country. “We do not have connections with politics as we want to serve the ailing humanity,” he said. He recalled that the government of Pakistan had also helped a lot for Afghans during Jihad there.

One of the trainees, Mir Wais Barakzai added that they were greeted with good behaviour whenever they showed their Afghan identity here. He said their visit to Hawkes Bay was memorable where they enjoyed beautiful view as Afghanistan had no sea.