KHAR, Nov 1: The amir of Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi, Maulana Sufi Muhammad, is still in Afghanistan discussing with the Taliban authorities the possibility of his volunteers assisting them in their fight against the US.

Almost eight out of the 200 who accompanied him to Afghanistan, returned in Bajaur agency on Wednesday evening; Sufi will arrive on Thursday night.

The Sufi has asked his followers between the ages of 25 and 50 years to continue training and be ready to go to Afghanistan any time soon.