Foreign Forces Destroyed 70% of Kabul Airport Equipment, Says Taliban

Nabil stressed that the Taliban defense minister had not been consulted regarding the operation, or has been pretending that the group is independent.

Nabil reacted on Twitter to the latest comments of the Taliban's acting defense minister Mullah Yaqoob in Kabul on Sunday, who said that American drones enter Afghanistan soil from Pakistan. He had asked Pakistan not to allow its airspace to be used against Afghanistan.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan quickly reacted to Yaqoob’s statements and called it "very unfortunate" and said that it "defies the norms of responsible diplomatic conduct".

Pakistan Foreign Ministry urged the Taliban to ensure the fulfillment of international commitments made by Afghanistan and not to allow the use of its territory for terrorism against any country.

Nabil refered to the start of Pakistan's military operations in Afghanistan when authorities in Islamabad had announced the failure of the peace talks between Pakistan and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Since August 15, 2021 and the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, American and Pakistani military have launched attacks in parts of Afghanistan several times.

In one of these cases, air strikes by Pakistani forces on Khost and Kunar provinces in eastern Afghanistan left "at least 47 people" dead. It has been said that all these victims were civilians.

The owners of these companies in a complaint letter to the Taliban Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund have stated that their companies had been taken over by Taliban commanders and hundreds of people will lose their jobs.

Mullah Hamidullah Akhundzada, the Acting Minister of Transportation and Aviation of the Taliban, has asked the governor of Kandahar to return the companies to their rightful owners.

However, the owner of a company who spoke to Afghanistan International, accused the Taliban’s Acting Minister of Transportation and Aviation of double standards and claimed that the minister has not been cooperating with the owners. He claimed that the Taliban's transportation minister might probably benefit financially from this takeover.

In a video clip obtained by Afghanistan International, it can be seen that the Taliban members are taking over the companies and forging the official documents.

These private companies had been operating in Kabul, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif, Nangarhar and Khost cities.

This meeting will be held from September 15-17 to find alternative paths of dialogue with the Taliban.

These political actors stressed that they witnessed reluctance of the Taliban regarding peace talks. However, they insisted that there is a need for dialogue between the political elites and the people of Afghanistan.

They said that Afghan citizens deserve a government and a viable constitution.

According to these political figures, the Taliban must understand that Afghanistan will be truly stable when a legitimate government, which is accepted by Afghan citizens and the international community, is established.

According to them, the unwillingness and inability of the Taliban to provide services, protect the basic rights of citizens, especially women and girls, the deterioration of the security situation, economic and humanitarian crisis require a new approach to address the crisis in Afghanistan.

They said that the Taliban violated human rights, especially the rights of women and girls, and deprived them of education, social activities, and freedom.

According to them, violence, murder, torture of former members of the security forces, repression of the media, and forced migration of minorities is the dark reality of Afghanistan under the Taliban.

The NRF has urged the UN Security Council to put more pressure on the Taliban.

The temporary exemption period of 13 high-ranking members of the Taliban ended on Friday.

According to reports, the members of the UN Security Council are currently in disagreement regarding the extension exemption on the travel ban of the 13 Taliban officials.

The United States had suggested that seven Taliban officials be allowed to travel only to Qatar, but Russia and China, had requested to extend the travel exemption of 13 Taliban officials for another 90 days.

Floods in recent weeks caused massive destructions across Afghanistan. Thousands of houses have been destroyed and economic and humanitarian crisis have escalated.

Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban’s spokesperson in a press conference, said, “The Taliban can’t manage the disaster caused by the floods alone. We call on the world, international organisations and Islamic countries to help us.”

Afghanistan has been witnessing natural disasters including, drought and earthquakes over the past few months. Along with this, due to Taliban’s takeover, Afghanistan’s financial and banking system is also facing a collapse.