Tolo News: Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi told Pakistani journalists the war in Afghanistan will intensify following the death of Sami ul Haq. He said Sami ul Haq has been bestowed a ‘Martyr Title’. “It is a big mistake to say by the death of Maulana Sami ul Haq the war
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal November 3, 2018 Thousands of people attended the funeral of Maulana Sami ul-Haq, a prominent Pakistani cleric known as the “father of the Afghan Taliban,” in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Noshera on November 3. Sami ul-Haq, 81, was killed in a knife attack at his home in the city of Rawalpindi, near
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Unknown assailants in Pakistan have assassinated the top Islamist leader known as the father of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement. Family members confirmed that Maulana Sami-ul Haq, 81, was resting at his home Friday in Rawalpindi when he was killed with a knife. The slain leader’s son, Maulana Hamid-ul
1TV: Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, a Pakistani cleric known as Father of the Taliban, has said that he has been asked by a visiting Afghan delegation to mediate peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Haq is head of Darul Uloom Haqqania, an Islamic seminary in Pakistan’s Akora Khattak town in Khyber Paktunkhwa province, where several
Khaama Press: An influential Pakistani religious scholar who was once labeled as the ‘Father of Taliban’ has endorsed the war skills of the newly-appointed Taliban chief. Sami-ul-Haq warned that Afghanistan would see a surge in violence following the ascension of new Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah. Afghan defense officials dismissed the skills endorsement by Sami-ul-Haq and said the Mullah