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Islamic Nations Concerned Over Possible Expansion of US Strikes
Foreign ministers attending a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday voiced concern that US-led military strikes against Afghanistan could extend to other Muslim countries.
They hoped that the US strikes on Afghanistan would be " limited" to those carrying out the September 11 attacks to prevent the innocents from paying the price, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported.
The two-day meeting came after the US and Britain began on Sunday military raids on Afghanistan, who is accused of harboring Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, the "prime suspect" of the terror attacks in the US on September 11.
The US Monday told the UN Security Council that it may have to attack other countries other than Afghanistan to root out terrorism.
The US has long accused three Muslim countries -- Iraq, Syria and Sudan, of sponsoring terrorism.
Analysts said that the OIC meeting will discuss the crisis resulting from the attacks in the US, the consequences of the US strikes on Afghanistan, the fate of Afghan refugees and the Palestinian-Israel conflict.
The foreign ministers of OIC, a group representing 1.2 billion Muslims in the world, will seek a unified stance on the latest international developments.
OIC Urged to Stop US-led Attacks Against Taliban Spokesman for the Taliban regime Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi on Wednesday appealed in Kabul to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to take measure to stop the US-led military attacks against Afghanistan, according to a report by the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP).
Muttaqi said if the OIC could offer any proposal on this issue, the Taliban would be ready to resolve the problem through dialogue.
He appealed to the Islamic countries not to support the US- led coalition, saying "We believe that the whole Muslim world is with us."
"If the Islamic countries could not help Afghanistan and the Afghan people, please do not support the US actions against Afghanistan," said the spokesman.
Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) opened Wednesday a two-day emergency meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha to seek a unified stance on the latest international developments.
The foreign ministers of OIC, a 57-member group representing 1.2 billion Muslims in the world, will discuss the consequences of last month's terror attacks in the US and the aftermath of the US retaliatory attacks on Afghanistan.
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