Taliban Delegation Visits Afghan Consulate in Badakhshan Province of Tajikistan

The Taliban regularly announces repairing armoured personal carrier vehicles left by the US forces in Afghanistan.

According to the US House of Representatives, after the withdrawal of the country's military forces from Afghanistan, seven billion dollars’ worth of military equipment has been left behind in Afghanistan.

The US is concerned that the military equipment under Taliban control could be used by terrorist groups or would be accessed by China or Russia, the two main US rivals.

Earlier, several international organisations said that the Taliban might ask for help from Russia and China to repair the remaining damaged military vehicles in Afghanistan.

Mujahid stressed that the ISIS group has been suppressed across the country.

However, the commander of CENTCOM spoke to the members of the Armed Forces Committee of the US House of Representatives on Thursday and stressed that ISIS has become stronger in Afghanistan.

According to General Kurilla, ISIS is a global organisation with an office in charge of all ISIS operations including Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and even Indonesia, which is in touch with the leadership of the group.

The Taliban spokesperson said that the US officials' interest in this issue is a campaign in favour of ISIS and must be stopped.

Earlier, General Kurilla had said that in the next six months, ISIS in Afghanistan could target US and other Western countries’ interests.

He added that ISIS' ability to conduct operations in Asia and Europe is expanding rapidly.

According to the assessment of the US General who addressed the US senate, ISIS will not be able to carry out terrorist attacks on American soil in the near future. However, he said that hundreds of American citizens abroad are vulnerable to attacks by the group.

According to the Qatari foreign ministry, the two sides also discussed the progress in the plan to support the health sector in Afghanistan.

Canadian and Qatari senior officials discussed the two government’s support for girls’ education even though it has been over 500 days since the Taliban banned secondary and higher education for Afghan girls.

Meanwhile, Al Khater had previously criticised the Taliban's ban on girls' education too. Khater had said that the Taliban should follow the example of other Islamic countries such as Qatar, Indonesia, and Malaysia, where despite a ruling Islamic system, women have the right to education and work.

During the interview, Khan also refused to urge the Taliban to grant Afghan girls and women the right to education.

Imran Khan stressed that Western countries should first integrate the Taliban as a member of the international community and then, discuss human rights with the group.

Imran Khan has been given the nickname "Taliban Khan" in Pakistan due to his support for the Afghan Taliban and other Islamist groups.

Pakistani authorities have repeatedly asked Western countries to recognise the Taliban despite depriving Afghan women and other people of their basic human rights.

Western countries, especially the United States, have said that they will not recognise the Taliban, if the group does not respect human rights.

Despite the positions of Pakistani statesmen, the Taliban consider their current policies in Afghanistan to be in accordance with "Islamic Sharia". This group has described the international community’s demands to respect human rights as "interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan".

Following the official announcement of the ban on the education of women and girls by the Taliban, the Minister of Higher Education of the group had insisted that "religion" was more important than national interests and the progress of Afghanistan for the Taliban.

However, several reports have indicated that the Taliban has arrested, tortured, and killed dozens of former members of Afghan security forces despite a general amnesty announced by the group.

In more than one and a half years, Afghanistan International has reported numerous cases of murder and torture of members of the security forces of the previous government.

Many human rights organisations have also confirmed that the Taliban have detained, tortured, and in some cases killed several soldiers of the previous government.

However, Abdul Kabir said that there may have been problems due to "personal animosities", but this behaviour does not represent the Taliban's official policy. He claimed that the perpetrators of such actions within the Taliban have been addressed through the judicial system.

He clarified that Taliban members are acting according to the amnesty order and "all Afghans who used to work in any position with any regime are now living a peaceful and prosperous life in Afghanistan”.

Abdul Kabir informed these generals that if needed, the Taliban will use their experience.

In the statement, it has been said that General Afzal Aman and General Shoor Gul Pashtun spoke on behalf of former army generals in the meeting with Abdul Kabir. Afzal Aman was the general commander of the Kabul Garrison during the republic, and Shoor Gul Pashtun was the commander of the Thunder Corps.

General Dadan Lawang, and General Zaman Waziri, two other former army corps commanders, had been present in the meeting too.

The Taliban statement quoted these generals as saying that all employees and soldiers of the previous government are happy with the Taliban's "general amnesty".

The statement also quoted these generals and claimed that about 70 percent of the soldiers of the previous government are currently living in Afghanistan peacefully.

Taliban also said that these generals declared their readiness to cooperate with the group’s government.

These former senior army officials had previously met with Mohammad Yaqoob, the Taliban's defense minister.

General Afzal Aman, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the previous government of Afghanistan, had said in a meeting with the Minister of Defense of the Taliban that he is not afraid of cooperating with the government of this group.