New Delhi: The United States should review its policies towards the rest of the world so that an atmosphere of peace is created world over, pro-Taleban Pakistani leader and chief of Jamiat-Ulema Islam Fazal-ur Rahman said on July 17.

"There is an immediate need for the US to review its policies and let peace prevail world over," Rahman, who is on a visit to India, told reporters after arriving from Deoband in Uttar Pradesh.

He claimed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the US intelligence agency, was yet to come out with any concrete evidence about who was behind September 11, 2001 attacks on World Trade Centre and Pentagon.

"So why were people of Afghanistan punished unnecessarily?" he asked.

Rahman, who is leading a four-member JUI delegation to India, said, "Similar is the case with Iraq. The US contended that there were weapons or mass destruction but so far none have been found."

"So why were the people in Iraq punished?" he asked.

Asked about his reaction to India's decision of not sending troops to Iraq, he said, "I welcome it and hope that the same will be taken by the Islamabad regime."

To a question about his party's role in Afghanistan, he said, "It is the internal matter of the people of Afghanistan. We extend support to Afghan millat as well as to Afghan government."

He denied reports that Pakistan would be recognising Israel as a country.

PTI