In a development that has stirred cautious interest in regional capitals, more than 1,000 Afghan clerics have issued what is, for all practical purposes, a fatwa against the use of Afghan territory for militant operations abroad. The declaration, delivered at a high-profile gathering in Kabul, is unusually blunt and states that anyone who travels abroad or uses Afghan soul for militant activity should be treated as a "rebel against the state" — a violation of the emir's explicit orders,........

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