Pak Security Situation Worsened Since Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan: US Think Tank

Stanikzai stressed that these countries had utilised various kinds of weapons in Afghanistan.

During a ceremony, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of private airlines, KamAir, in Afghanistan, he said that according to the Doha Agreement, the countries that had military troops in Afghanistan are "obliged" to return to the country and participate in the reconstruction of it.

According to the Taliban-controlled Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), Stanikzai said that the group has fulfilled the responsibility of safely evacuating foreign forces, and now it is the West's responsibility to fulfil its promises regarding the revival of institutions in Afghanistan.

Stanikzai was the Taliban's chief negotiator during the group's peace talks with the United States in Doha.

Months after the Taliban's takeover of power in Afghanistan in 2021, Stanikzai had said that he hoped that the US will reopen its Embassy in Kabul.

In 2021, Stanikzai had also announced that based on the Doha agreement, the US had committed that the country's embassy would remain open and active in Kabul.

At that time, he had added, "It is the responsibility of the world, especially the United States, to take an active part in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. As they destroyed our economy in the last twenty years, now it is their duty to return and take an active part in the reconstruction of the country's economy."

Stanikzai had also said that when US returns to Afghanistan, European countries will also open its embassies in Kabul.

However, despite repeated requests by the Taliban over the past two years, no government in the world has officially recognised the group's government in Afghanistan.

The European Union has a representative in Afghanistan to provide humanitarian aid, but the embassies of the European countries and the United States remain closed in Afghanistan.

The Taliban media claimed that these people are key members of ISIS-K and were involved in attacks in Badakhshan province over the last two years.

According to the reports, the Taliban operation against ISIS-K forces in Badakhshan had been completed in four days.

The report quoted Taliban officials as saying that as the result of the operation, 12 ISIS-K members had been arrested and two AK-47 and 2,865 ammunitions, bombs, explosives and other technical equipment were seized.

The identity of the arrested persons and the exact location of the alleged operation against ISIS-K have not been announced.

Tajikistan, which shares the border with Badakhshan, has repeatedly announced that ISIS-K has thousands of members in Afghanistan and that terrorist groups in Afghanistan are a threat to the security of the region.

Last week, the National Security Committee of Tajikistan had announced that three members of an international terrorist organisation had entered Tajikistan from Afghanistan and were killed by the country's forces.

Ruslan Seissembayev, Deputy of National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, on Friday said that ISIS-K has around 6000 ISIS members in Afghanistan.

This Kazakh official stressed that Taliban has failed to provide security and that Afghanistan is still the hub for international terrorist groups.

According to their statement, women activists have started hunger strikes in Germany, United States, Norway and Pakistan.

On social media platform X, AFF wrote that western countries and international media outlets have adopted a "policy of ignoring" these women.

According to the statement, this policy of countries which claim to protect human rights is not only contrary to their international obligations and global standards of human rights, but also, according to the front, it is "cooperation with the Taliban”.

The front believes that the indifference of the host countries to the health condition of the protestors, endangers the lives of the activists.

The Freedom Front, formed in response to the Taliban's rise to power and which initiated an armed resistance against the Taliban, has declared its strong backing for the women activists engaged in the hunger strike.

The front has considered women’s “political and civil struggle” as a "complement" of its armed resistance against the Taliban group.

Recently, a number of Afghan women activists in Germany and some other countries started a hunger strike against the Taliban's policies towards women and demanded the recognition of the Taliban's "gender apartheid" against women.

Even though almost a week has passed since their hunger strike, the host countries and international organisations have not paid attention to their hunger strike.

The Taliban has completely removed women from public life. This group has banned women's employment, girls' education and their going to parks, cinemas, clubs and stadiums.

The UN member states are expected to discuss the fate of Afghanistan's seat in New York.

Suhail Shaheen, head of the political office of the Taliban in Qatar, said that based on the Taliban leader's order he is working for the recognition of the group.

The UN Credentials Committee is supposed to hold a meeting regarding the fate of Afghanistan's permanent representation at the UN in the near future. The committee had previously refused to hand over Afghanistan's seat in the United Nations to the Taliban.

Currently, Nasir Ahmad Faiq is the representative of the former government of Afghanistan in the United Nations.

In an interview with the Taliban-controlled Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), Shaheen said that he has had meetings with the representatives of different countries and that the Taliban is trying to improve relations with the international community.

The head of the political office of the Taliban in Qatar did not name a specific country, but added that he had met with officials from European Union, Arab and Asian countries.

Shaheen, who is also the Taliban's candidate for the permanent mission of Afghanistan to the UN, said that during the meeting with the representatives of various countries, he discussed important issues which Afghanistan is currently facing.

Shaheen did not provide details of these talks, but the international community has repeatedly asked the Taliban to form an inclusive government and lift restrictions on Afghan women and girls.

So far, no country has recognised the Taliban.

Mohaqiq responded to Taliban’s interior minister's call to return to Afghanistan and said that his return will not be facilitated with such calls.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, Taliban’s Interior Minister, visited Bamiyan province, and publicly asked Hazara leaders, Mohammad Mohaqiq and Karim Khalili, to return to Afghanistan.

However, Mohaqiq told Afghanistan International that the offer is not something new and cannot solve the problems of Afghanistan.

On Thursday, Haqqani asked Mohaqiq, Khalili and other Hazara leaders to return to Afghanistan and live as elders among their people.

The Taliban's interior minister added, "It is not good to live abroad as a tribal elder."

Addressing Khalili and Mohaqiq, Haqqani said that elders are valued and respected in Afghanistan and if they return to Afghanistan, they will be treated with respect.

This senior Taliban official also promised the people of Bamiyan that he would share their demands with the members of the Taliban’s cabinet and the group's leader.

Haqqani described Bamiyan province as a symbol of national unity of the Afghans. He said that the coexistence of Shias and Sunnis with kindness is a good gesture for everyone.

He added that there has been ethnic, sectarian and linguistic prejudice in Afghanistan, but there has never been any sectarian war in the history of Afghanistan.