QUETTA, Sept 14: A member of the Afghan Ulema Consultative Committee (AUCC) has urged the US to hold talks with the resistance groups and the Taliban for restoration of peace in Afghanistan and an honourable exit of Nato troops from that country.

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Maulana Abdul Aziz Kakar further demanded of the US to release 4,000 Afghan Ulema detained in different prisons, besides allowing Taliban, Ulema and intellectuals to resume political activities in the country.

The US-led Nato forces invaded Afghanistan after 9/11 but the foreign forces could not achieve anything during the last 12 years except destroying the infrastructure and religious institutions there, he claimed.

The Maulana accused the occupation forces of suspending political, religious and fundamental rights of the Afghans, and of imposing the US ideology on them.

He said the US should give an exit framework for Nato forces in order to restore peace and let local people decide matters for themselves as per their Islamic values and traditions.

He accused the Americans of closing Islamic institutions and mosques in the country and establishing churches for conversion of Muslims to Christianity.

He asserted that the objective of Ulema and Taliban leadership was to establish Islamic government and run the country’s affairs in accordance with the Sharia.