A statement associated with the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has been circulating on social media platforms that the Taliban’s interim government of Kabul has asked the neighboring countries for passage to reach Jerusalem reportedly to fight against the Israeli army.

The statement has been circulating in Urdu and English language and even Israeli newspapers also reported the statement.

Israel National News reported, “Sunday 3:50 AM: The Taliban terror organization, which controls Afghanistan, has reportedly asked its neighbors for passage so it could join Hamas in its attack on Israel.”

SAMAA Digital carried out a fact check that unveiled that the statement associated with the Taliban government was not true and completely against the facts.

Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued a statement and said: “Afghanistan has been closely monitoring the recent events in the Gaza Strip and considers such events to be the result of the violation of the rights of the oppressed Palestinian nation by the Israeli Zionists and repeated insults and disrespect to Muslim holy places.”

The statement reads, “Any kind of defense and the resistance of the Palestinian people for the freedom of the land and holy places is their legitimate right.”

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan declares its support for the legitimate, historical and legal right of the Palestinian people to have a permanent country in the historical Palestinian land and calls upon the Islamic countries, The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the international community and especially the influential countries in the region to stop the violence of the Israeli occupying forces.”

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