Clarification regarding the attacks and harassment carried out by the Hekmatyar group against Shaykh Jamil al-Rahman and his Salafi brothers in the Kunar region

The questioner : I do not know, O Shaykh. If it reached you, about two months ago there were skirmishes and talk between the Hekmatyar group and theThe Shaykh : Jamil Rahman group. When the elections began a while ago among the Islamic groups inside Kunar, andThe Shaykh : Jamil Rahman was refusing this style of elections, but he said, "As long as you have agreed to this, so be it." So the people of Kunar electedThe Shaykh : Jamil Rahman as the governor of this province. So when he took the province, he began to organize affairs. Among these was stopping the people who carry weapons to terrorize people and plunder, and these matters of chaos that pervade Afghanistan, because every region they liberate is governed by several groups, so it becomes chaos. When Jamil Rahman took over the Kunar region, he began to establish security in it and enforce these matters. He stopped some groups from carrying weapons, which is a matter, and he stopped the highway robbers and followed up on them in this province until security was established for him. So a month or two months ago, exactly, the Hekmatyar group was entering the Kunar region with their weapons. There was one of the Arab leader brothers, whose name is Abdullah al-Dammami, who was present. He said to them, "You cannot enter with weapons because this region is now secure." They refused, then they withdrew and returned from where they came.

The Shaykh: Yes

The questioner : But matters began between the groups. In the past Ramadan, the Hekmatyar group placed explosives in a car in Asadabad, which is the capital of Kunar. All the mujahideen thought they were Scud missiles, but they did not find fragments of these missiles. Second, the party, which is the Islamic Hekmatyar, was distributing sweets after this incident. The man who did it, who owns the car that exploded, is not present in the region, which led to signs that cast suspicion on the Hekmatyar group. They are not certain, soThe Shaykh : Jamil did not name the group.

The Shaykh : Excuse me! When the car exploded, did something happen?

The questioner : Yes, 95 people died and it burned because it was located in the main market.

The questioner : 400 people.

The questioner : Yes, it is possible, around 400 approximately, and there were many injured, and shops and houses were destroyed. Then another matter occurred, and matters developed. They said that the Arab mujahideen are the ones inciting Jamil Rahman. So Jamil Rahman requested to calm the matters and asked the Arab brothers to leave the existing fronts and go to Peshawar. But they placed mines on their path for the tanks.

The Shaykh : Who did that?

The questioner : The Hekmatyar group. So one of the Saudi brothers, who is al-Ghamidi, died, and one of the Sudanese brothers. When they discovered it, they asked them, "Why did you do this?" They said, "To the communists." They said, "This is a main road that descends to the mujahideen with their vehicles to Kunar." So the mujahideen suffered because the road is now mined. They began to descend on foot, which increased their hardship. And in other matters, for example, the Hekmatyar war has a media presence in the media. He began to speak in the media and attack Jamil al-Rahman and attack these people. ThenThe Shaykh : Abdul Aziz sent a group three weeks ago, who is Nizar al-Jarbu' andThe Shaykh : Abu Hazim Adnan al-'Ara'ur, and he is still there. He sent Bu Khunjar... what is his name? One of the brothers answered, Mansur Bu Khunjar. So they went there and tried to negotiate with...

The Shaykh : Did this come from Riyadh?

The questioner : Yes. So they tried to bring the viewpoints closer, but they found that Hekmatyar is stubborn and wants to end it, saying that this man was with me and should not go against this group. It is said that it is not a revenge operation.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : There was an operation on Jalalabad two or three weeks ago. When they were attacking Jalalabad, they found that Jamil Rahman's group was shooting from the rear.

The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.

The questioner : So they tried to identify the firing area coming from the rear, and they found that it was the Hekmatyar group. The attack on Jalalabad was halted, why? Because they were shooting from the rear. So they returned and withdrew. All these signs indicate that it was a planned and premeditated matter.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Allah knows best.

The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except by Allah.

The questioner : And also the occupation of the entire emirate, which indicates that it was prepared.

The questioner : They occupied the entire emirate.

The questioner : But a matter focused on byThe Shaykh : Rabi'. Our Shaykh called us yesterday,The Shaykh : Rabi', and he focused on this point. He said, "Now the matter is broader than the issue, and Allah knows thatThe Shaykh : Jamil was killed, or those with him were killed. Now the issue is an issue of methodology, an issue of da'wah, and an issue of truth and falsehood. The proof is that they occupied the entire emirate and drove out the people, and so on. Even the brother Waleed said that there is killing and women, and Allah, he mentioned a word, but I do not know if some of them, meaning, they are even raping women.

The Shaykh : Oh Allah.

The questioner : Yes, by Allah, the brother Waleed mentioned this because it seems permissible to consider them disbelievers, O Shaykh, because they are Wahhabi, they have this.

The Shaykh : I do not exclude it from some individuals, but the heads as well.

The questioner : This was not mentioned about the heads.

The Shaykh : Well, I told you this one I named

The questioner : Mansur.

The Shaykh : Mansur? That our brother Adnan is detained, is this correct?

The questioner : Yes, he was detained, but yesterday they say that now he is safe. They talked to him a lot.

The Shaykh : With whom?

The questioner : With the brother Adnan.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

The questioner : O Shaykh, we called one of the brothers in the mujahideen office in Riyadh. They have the news. He says that the killing is still continuing, and that the Iranian embassy is paying rewards and salaries to those who kill.

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.

The questioner : Yes. So does all this indicate that the matter is revenge?

The Shaykh : Never.

The questioner : Or a matter plotted in the night?

The Shaykh : A matter plotted in the night.

The questioner : Do you remember the words of the brother Jamal bin Raif Najm, which were long, and how the Shi'ah turned, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.

The questioner : Yes, meaning this thing is in your mind, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : No, I do not have a detailed view, but the position of the Shi'ah is old, from long ago, it is known. There are official connections between Sayyaf, for example, and Hekmatyar, and some of the... there in the Kingdom, or is there nothing?

The questioner : During the Islamic Popular Conference that was held in Makkah,The Shaykh : Abdul Aziz was there, and to his right was Sayyaf, and to his left was the Shaykh of al-Azhar. When Sayyaf spoke first, he said,The Shaykh : Abdul Aziz, and I agree with everything that came in the speech ofThe Shaykh : Then he described him with the descriptions of the Imams.

The Shaykh : Yes. Well, the second question, also according to your knowledge, do the aid still continue from the Kingdom to these mujahideen, their leaders, does it still continue?

The questioner : There is a special office for collecting donations for the mujahideen, and this office is official.

The Shaykh : And formerly, there were popular offices.

The questioner : Formerly, offices of individuals, and both, meaning, according to their direction.

The Shaykh : It is this one.

The questioner : Now there are few individuals who are in this status, they are still to this day. Some of them, for example, take 10 million, 5 million, what is not facilitated for them from the merchants that we know.