Afghan Witness Says 3000 Human Rights Violations Recorded in Afghanistan in 2 Years

He stressed that Khalilzad is a US citizen and is not in a position to dictate the Afghan Jihadi leaders on their decisions.

In an interview with Radio Afghanistan International, Noor also spoke about his political mistakes and expressed regrets about them.

In a detailed and frank conversation, the outspoken Afghan politician expressed his opinion about a range of current and past issues and criticised well-known politicians such as Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF), and Amrullah Saleh, the former vice-president of Afghanistan.

Noor also admitted that the Supreme Council of National Resistance for Salvation of Afghanistan, of which he is one of the prominent members, has been underestimated by the international community. He said that such a view of the council helps the continuation of the reign of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

After the fall of Kabul in August 2021, Noor and other members of the council sought refuge in neighbouring countries. He admitted that the neighbouring governments hinder their activities against the Taliban.

In a conversation with Afghanistan International, the former US representative for Afghanistan asked Noor and other politicians to return to Afghanistan and work with the Taliban. Khalilzad said that Western countries will not support them.

However, Noor emphasised that the council has the ability to bring political change in Afghanistan in the future. He said, "It's true that we don't have a homeland and we are isolated, the countries don't allow us to operate. However, it is this council which will bring the transformation in Afghanistan. We also have our shortcomings, there are differences of opinion."

Noor also revealed that although Massoud is a member of the council, he has not shown much interest in the council’s activities.

The former governor of Balkh said, "Ahmad Massoud, leading the National Resistance Front, is a member of this council, but unfortunately, he does not participate in the meetings honestly and consistently. He talks about cohesion and the need for unity. But in practice, unfortunately, he ignores those words."

Noor's stinging criticisms were also directed at Amrullah Saleh, who joined Ashraf Ghani and became his first vice-president after breaking away from the former Jihadi political parties in the 2019 presidential elections. Earlier, Saleh had made stinging and sarcastic criticisms of Noor and other political figures opposed to Ashraf Ghani and once had said that their political life is over.

In the interview with Radio Afghanistan International, Noor accused Saleh of many times. He accused Saleh of receiving "packages of money as gifts from the Americans" and involvement in "money laundering".

On the two-year anniversary of the fall of the previous government, Noor criticised the United States’ Afghanistan policies too and said that if the Taliban do not understand the importance of peace and solve the problem politically, they will start a war against the group despite America's opposition.

According to him, "We have the experience, strength, and patience of war and we know how to fight again."

This prominent member of Jamiat-e-Islami Party spoke for the first time about his political mistakes too. Noor called joining the disarmament programme in the first years of Hamid Karzai's government a mistake. He said that he could now use the weapons he gave up during the disarmament programme in the war against the Taliban after the fall of the country to the group.

He described forming an election coalition with former presidential candidate, Hanif Atmar in the 2019 presidential election as his "unforgivable grave mistake". Noor admitted that the move "discredited" him in Afghanistan.

This former jihadi commander also called fighting a civil war between jihadi parties in the 1900s another mistake.

On Tuesday, Wang Wenbin, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, also described the Taliban's seizure of power as a "historic achievement”.

Wenbin called the fall of Kabul a “military, political and counter-terrorism failure for the US in Afghanistan which proves that military intervention, political infiltration and imposed democratic transformation only end up in turmoil and disaster”.

Wenbin emphasised on the formation of a broad-based "inclusive government framework and safeguarding the rights and interests of women and ethnic minorities” and asked the Taliban to "actively" respond to these expectations.

He also mentioned the expectations of the world to prevent terrorist activities in Afghanistan and said that they expect the Taliban to fulfil their obligations and destroy all terrorist organisations.

Wenbin also mentioned that over the past two years, China has provided large amounts of material aid in various forms through land, sea, and air transportation and helped Afghanistan improve its capacity for self-driven development.

However, Haqqani immediately emphasised that "everyone's common goal is a stable and united Afghanistan”.

Sirajuddin Haqqani made these statements on Tuesday at a ceremony celebrating the second anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.

The ministries of defence, interior and foreign affairs of the Taliban celebrated this day separately in Kabul.

Haqqani emphasised that the Taliban officials are not looking for government positions and they do not allow anyone to foment discord and corruption.

Despite the denial by many Taliban officials regarding differences among the group’s leaders, this is not the first time that Sirajuddin Haqqani has spoken about the rift and stated his concerns. Over the past few months, Haqqani had criticised the "monopoly of power" in the Taliban government.

In his speech he apparently pointed to the Taliban leaders and stressed that "our unity guarantees our survival”.

The Taliban’s interior minister also asked the international community to "choose engagement" instead of "creating problems" for the Taliban government.

He said that the Taliban defends the territory of Afghanistan, and he is not willing to accept "anyone's slavery”.

The Taliban's interior minister also emphasised that the Taliban have been forgiving and want unity after taking power in Afghanistan and stressed that "there is no excuse to wage war inside the country”.

Several other Taliban officials, including Shahabuddin Delawar, Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum; Abdul Salam Hanafi, Deputy Prime minister; and Mullah Khairullah Khairkhah, Minister of Information and Culture, held a separate celebration ceremony in Kabul.

The Taliban hasn't reacted to the AFF claims yet.

Afghanistan Freedom Front said that its fighters used "light and heavy weapons" in this attack.

The front added that its forces were not harmed during this operation.

AFF, which has recently increased its attacks on the Taliban, has released a video of the latest attack too.

Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has too said that it will continue the armed resistance against the Taliban until the liberation of the country.

In a statement, referring to the behaviour of the Taliban over the past two years, especially the severe restrictions on women, the National Resistance Council for Salvation of Afghanistan said that unilateral engagement with the Taliban is against the will and interests of the Afghan people.

The council asked different countries "not to ignore the right of the people of [Afghanistan] and respect it”.

This council considered Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban as the center where there will be growth and re-emergence of terrorist groups and warned the international community about being indifferent to it.

The council also said that the Doha agreement has been "the main bedrock for the current pathetic situation" and should not be the focus of future political equations.

AFF, one of the active groups which reports of attacks against the Taliban, stated that the Taliban has imposed severe restrictions on Afghan women, displaced people forcefully from their homes and regions, and killed members of the security forces of the previous Afghan government.

"Now, the question is, by what criteria and mechanism is it possible to end the usurping rule of the barbaric and criminal Taliban group, except for justified defence and armed resistance,” the front asked.