SWABI, Oct 3: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leaders Maulana Samiul Haq and Qazi Hussain Ahmad have claimed that the Taliban will re-emerge soon, saying that the fate of the United States in Afghanistan will not be different from that of the former Soviet Union.

The ongoing war against terror is actually a war against the Muslim world and that the Muslims from Afghanistan to Iraq and Palestine have been targeted, the MMA leaders said in an interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Societe Radio Canada correspondent Patrick Brown here.

Mr Haq said every body and even the Americans had recognized that the Taliban had restored tranquillity in war-ravaged Afghanistan and after their removal, chaos, lawlessness, looting and the rule of warlords had surfaced again.

He predicted that the Afghans would gradually turn against the US and their allies, and when the people revolted, it would be a turning point that might pave the way for the re-emergence of the Taliban.

Holding the US responsible for the destruction of Afghanistan, he lamented that marriage parties and civilians had been targeted and jailed, while bearded men had been labelled as terrorists.

The coalition against terrorism was a well-planned conspiracy of the US and its allies against the Muslims, the MMA leader said, adding that they wanted to attack Iraq. Later, they might turn their guns towards Iran and Saudi Arabia, he added.

Replying to a question, he said, “I do not know where Osama and Mullah Omar are staying, how they dodged the FBI and coalition forces and I am not in a position to say anything about their fate and whereabouts. Since long, we have not been in touch.”