We Believe in Electoral System in Afghanistan, Says Taliban’s Deputy PM

In an open letter to the Taliban leaders, Jahani stressed that due to the monopoly of power by the Taliban, especially the Kandahari Taliban, all other ethnic groups in Afghanistan, including non-Kandahari Pashtuns, have become pessimists towards every Pashtun.

Abdul Bari Jahani is a famous Pashto poet and writer. Jahani emphasised in this letter that neither the Pashtuns nor any other ethnic group in Afghanistan have the right to monopolise power and exclude other ethnic groups, who live in Afghanistan just like the Pashtuns, for centuries.

This well-known Pashto poet wrote in his letter to the Taliban leaders that history of Afghanistan has proven that one can take power by force, but it is impossible to maintain it forcefully.

Jahani, who is from Kandahar province, said that due to the monopoly of power by the Taliban, all ethnic groups in the country, including Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Turkmens, and other smaller ethnic groups and even non-Kandahari Pashtuns, are disappointed with the Taliban and all Pashtuns.

He has emphasised that educated Afghans inside and outside the country have been disappointed due to the closure of schools and universities and the ban on women's work.

The Secretary General of CSTO discussed the threats from Afghanistan at the meeting of leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in Moscow on Friday.

According to Tasmagambetov, terrorist groups infiltrate from Afghanistan into the territories of CSTO member states.

Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan are members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

Tasmagambatov urged the members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation to seriously consider the threats originating from Afghanistan.

The Collective Security Treaty Organisation had previously said that 4,000 ISIS fighters were stationed on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.

The meeting was attended by Khairullah Khairkhah, Minister of Information and Culture of the Taliban, members of the Political Commission, and Anas Haqqani, brother of the Taliban’s interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.

Along with seeking recognition, there are reports that the Taliban have sought to take over Afghanistan’s permanent representation in the United Nations.

In the Taliban’s statement about the meeting of the group’s senior leaders with the UN special envoy, the issue of reopening girls’ schools and education for women and girls have not been discussed.

However, Abdul Kabir has asked the UN special envoy not to link humanitarian aid to political issues in the country.

Abdul Kabir stressed, "Afghanistan is an active member of the United Nations and hopes that it will remain an active member of the international community."

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir has also stressed that the Taliban believes in dialogue and an all-inclusive political system, and has implemented a general amnesty, however, the United Nations, believes that it does not seem that the Taliban’s amnesty has been implemented.

Independent sources have not yet confirmed the authenticity of the AFF attack and the casualties of the Taliban.

Apparently, the attack took place on Thursday evening.

The AFF attack takes place a day after the National Resistance Front (NRF) led by Ahmad Massoud claimed that the group attacked the "training center and outposts of the Taliban's Special Forces" in Pule Charkhi area of Kabul.

On Wednesday, the NRF announced that as part of their new year’s strategy they have begun conducting guerrilla operations against the Taliban. The NRF’s announcement was welcomed by the AFF which said that the group is ready to conduct joint operations against the Taliban.

The Taliban has not yet reacted to the announcement of the NRF’s spring operations.

The owners of Radio Banowan have tried to resume broadcasts, but Taliban officials have not responded to them.

Sources also told Afghanistan International that the director of information and culture and the representative of the directorate of promotion of virtue and prevention of vice in Badakhshan sealed the radio offices and stopped its broadcast operation.

Taliban officials have not yet commented on the issue.