Taliban Claims Afghanistan’s Exports To Pakistan More Than Imports

According to Afghanistan International sources, the registration of Afghan immigrants with a history of serving in the Afghan security and defense forces has been going on in Iran wherein they have been pledged to be granted Russian citizenship and a good salary, if they go to fight in Ukraine.

A Taliban official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, told Afghanistan International, that Iran has built a base for these former Afghan security forces members in Mashhad city and the group has credible documents of it.

According to the Taliban official, the group is worried that the Islamic Republic will use these forces in the future against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

After the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Taliban in 2021, thousands of Afghan citizens have immigrated to Iran, most of whom have been former Afghan security forces.

Iran has a history of using Afghan refugees in the Syrian war against ISIS and other groups.

The party stressed the developments of the past five decades paved the ground for “interventions and competition by different countries and their proxy wars" in Afghanistan that resulted in the emergence of “international terrorist and extremist groups".

The Danesh-led party called the Taliban reign in Afghanistan illegitimate and monopolistic.

Meanwhile, last year, Danesh had published the draft constitution of the Islamic Federal Republic of Afghanistan on his Facebook page, however, there is no mention of a federal system in the statement published by the party.

Afghanistan Justice and Freedom Party is the third political group that has been formed outside the country after Taliban’s return to power.

Last month, Hanif Atmar, the former foreign minister of Afghanistan, announced the formation of the Afghanistan National Movement for Peace and Justice.

Earlier this year, several influential political leaders of Afghanistan announced the formation of the Supreme Council of National Resistance for the Salvation of Afghanistan and said it would stand up against the Taliban.

Bin Abdulrahman emphasised on the support for peaceful coexistence among all citizens of Afghanistan.

The government of Qatar hosted the Afghan peace talks between the US, the Taliban, and the Afghan government until the collapse of Kabul on August 15, 2021.

Qatar continues to play a role as a mediator between the Taliban and Western countries. Many of the Western embassies, including the US and British missions, continue to operate from Qatar after the fall of Kabul.

Moezuddin Ahmadi, the director of information and culture of the Taliban in Badakhshan, claimed that two NRF senior commanders are among those dead.

Earlier, there were reports of instense battles of the National Resistance Front forces against the Taliban in Badakhshan province.

The Taliban spokespersons, however, had avoided commenting on the expansion of NRF presence and battle in Badakhshan province.

According to the sources, he was killed in front of the Taliban provincial General Directorate of Intelligence headquarters in Taloqan city in Takhar province.

The perpetrators behind the death of the former defense official have not been identified yet.

A Taliban security official in Takhar confirmed the incident to Afghanistan International. He said that the reason for the attack on the former defense official may be "personal enmity".