Discussions With Terrorists Will Not Improve Lives of Afghans, Says Senior NRF Member
Ali Maisam Nazary, the head of foreign relations of the National Resistance Front (NRF), reacted to the US officials’ meeting with Taliban representatives and called for the use of military pressure against the Taliban.
Nazary said that the expectation that “this criminal organisation [Taliban] could be swayed merely through diplomatic engagement, without the use of military pressure, is wishful thinking”.
The NRF senior member added that the way to liberate Afghanistan from the existing nightmare is to support the resistance forces fighting for freedom in Afghanistan.
On Monday, Nazary added that if the Taliban could be persuaded through engagement and dialogue to adopt universal norms and values, establish a legitimate government based on the will of the people, and renounce terrorism and extremism, this had to happen over the two past years.
The NRF senior member stressed that “discussions held outside of Afghanistan with terrorists will not improve the lives of its people, especially women. The issue demands a more robust and multifaceted approach than mere dialogue”.
The National Resistance Front led by Ahmad Massoud has waged a resistance against the Taliban since the fall of Afghanistan to the group in 2021 and has lost some of its prominent commanders in the past two years. This front mainly fights in Panjshir, Andarab, and Badakhshan regions.
On July 30 and 31, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West; Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights Rina Amiri, and Chief of the US Mission to Afghanistan based in Doha Karen Decker, along with other US officials met and discussed issues of critical interest with senior Taliban representatives and the group’s technocrats in Doha.
