ISLAMABAD — He is crisscrossing Pakistan championing a fatwa, or Islamic religious decree, forbidding militant violence inside the country. The fatwa, issued in January, is the first such decree issued by such a broad range of scholars in Pakistan. While Islamabad denies organized havens, it says insurgents move around among the 1.5 million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan. “Even if he’s not making much noise, he shouldn’t be taken lightly.”Khalil dismissed U.S. criticism of Pakistan for allowing militant leaders to roam free. It says U.S. criticism is unfair and an attempt to put its own failures in Afghanistan on the shoulders of Pakistan.

Source: National Post March 29, 2018 06:22 UTC