Statement Regarding Transfer of ISIS Leaders To Afghanistan Not True, Says Taliban

Saidov said that the two sides discussed the plans regarding Afghanistan. However, the Uzbek foreign minister didn’t provide more details about the presented plans.

Saidov stressed that like other countries, Uzbekistan is undoubtedly interested in stability in Afghanistan.

Before his trip to Uzbekistan, the UN special coordinator for Afghanistan visited Iran and exchanged views on Afghanistan with the Iranian foreign minister.

On Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic in a statement announced that Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the formation of an inclusive government and the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan are of major importance to Iran. He also emphasised on the need to support regional initiatives to help address Afghanistan's challenges.

Before his regional visits, the UN special coordinator also visited Afghanistan and held talks with the Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, and the group’s interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.

In his meeting with Haqqani, Sinirlioğlu emphasised on "the fundamental rights of the Afghan people" and convoyed to the Taliban that "the concerns of the United Nations should be taken seriously”.

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir told Durrani that the Taliban will not allow anyone to use Afghanistan's soil against neighbouring countries.

After a recent rise in attacks on Pakistani security forces, Durrani visited Kabul to hold talks with Taliban officials.

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir has emphasised that the Taliban considers Pakistan's stability in the interest of the group and added that as a Muslim neighbour, the Taliban does not want “war and instability in Pakistan".

Durrani has also said that the world should accept achievements in stabilisation and counter-narcotics in Afghanistan, the Taliban deputy prime minister’s press office stated.

Durrani has also emphasised that Pakistan has good relations with Afghanistan and Islamabad is trying to strengthen these relations.

Addressing the Taliban in Afghanistan, Khawaja Asif said that Pakistani Taliban members have been killed on a daily basis in Afghanistan. “Then, how can one say that TTP members are not present there,” he asked.

Asif called the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan as the "Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan" (TTA) while speaking to the media on Thursday in the Pakistani Parliament.

He said that Pakistan is ready to provide all documents regarding the activities of the Pakistani Taliban to the Taliban.

Earlier, Pakistani media quoted the country’s security officials and reported that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) use advanced American weapons and night vision cameras left over by the security forces of the previous government of Afghanistan, in their attacks on Pakistani targets.

Pakistani officials claimed that the TTP, which has spiritual and operational ties to the Afghan Taliban, has been able to arm itself with the same weapons used by the Taliban fighters.

In recent days, senior Pakistani officials have sharply criticised the Taliban in Afghanistan for providing safe haven to TTP members.

Pakistan's defence minister had previously accused the Afghan Taliban of not fulfilling their obligations in the Doha Agreement and allowing Afghan soil to be used against others.

In response to these statements, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, had said that instead of pointing their fingers at others, Pakistan should address their internal problems.

Mujahid had also rejected the statements of the Pakistani officials and said, "We do not allow TTP to live and operate in Afghanistan. We have faced the consequences of war and we don't want others to suffer like Afghanistan."

On Thursday, Massoud praised the recent protests of Afghan women and said that despite brutal violence, the Taliban has not been able to defeat the spirit and will of the people in Afghanistan.

The NRF leader participated in the three-day Aspen Security Forum virtually on Thursday.

Two years after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, during the Aspen Forum, the NRF leader didn’t talk widely about his operations against the Taliban, and most of his speech was focused on criticising the US negotiations with the Taliban in Doha and Washington’s mistakes in Afghanistan.

Massoud also didn’t discuss his military strategy in Afghanistan and instead emphasised that he believes in a political solution to end the conflict in the country.

Ahmad Massoud criticised the Taliban for ignoring the peace talks with the National Resistance Front.

In response to the question of why Afghans didn’t fight against the Taliban like the Ukrainians do against the Russian forces, Ahmad Masoud said that the Afghan military forces fought against the Taliban with "incomparable" bravery and the people still resist the Taliban "with empty hands".

He repeatedly mentioned women's demonstrations against the Taliban, which, according to him, have been severely suppressed by the group.

The leader of the National Resistance Front criticised the United States and said that the Afghans did not receive the support that Ukraine is receiving now.

Massoud explained that his father, Ahmad Shah Masoud, fought against the Taliban in the 1990s and prevented the Taliban’s control of Afghanistan. He added that the Americans never paid attention to his father regarding the worsening situation in Afghanistan and the solution he offered.

Panjshir was one of the important bastions of resistance against the former Soviet forces and later under the Taliban in the late 1990s. However, in 2021 after the Afghan government fell to the Taliban, Panjshir was easily captured by the group.

Ahmad Massoud emphasised that the Taliban will never be able to win the "hearts and minds" of the people of Panjshir and that the resistance has spread to other provinces of Afghanistan.

He asked the international community to support the "efforts of the people for freedom".

Ahmad Massoud said, "We feel that we have been betrayed and we feel alone in this situation. But after all, we have each other.”

Mujahid added that the policy of imposing and exerting pressure against the Taliban will not be productive.

On Friday, Mujahid stressed that instead of “failed experiences” of pressure and sanctions, the EU should choose to “engage and dialogue” with the Taliban.

The European Union (EU) imposed sanctions on three Taliban officials for committing gender-based violence against Afghan women on Thursday.

The Union announced that the Taliban’s chief justice and ministers of justice and education have been sanctioned for their role in depriving Afghan girls and women of the right to education.