The Afghanistan Green Trend, led by former Afghan vice-president Amrullah Saleh, said Pakistan is pursuing a multi-track policy against the Taliban and consulting opposition forces about a post-Taliban political arrangement.
In a statement posted on X on Monday, 2 March, the political group said Islamabad is advancing five parallel strategies within what it described as a unified policy. It said Pakistan has made its trade and economic relations with the Taliban conditional on the security and political situation and has kept key border crossings closed, increasing the Taliban’s reliance on northern routes and Iran.
The group also claimed that Pakistan has asserted control over Afghan airspace and is conducting selective strikes, while the Taliban lack effective air defences and international legitimacy.
It added that Pakistan has secured domestic consensus and broad political backing for its actions in Afghanistan and is seeking international support for what it described as an anti-Taliban campaign.
According to the Afghanistan Green Trend, Pakistan is again presenting itself as a Western-backed hegemon in Afghanistan, aiming to dismantle infrastructure and equipment left behind by the NATO and the United States.
The group said no country has provided meaningful support to the Taliban and that the group lacks both domestic legitimacy and international recognition. It said Afghanistan under Taliban rule resembles a territory without an effective state rather than a modern government.
The Afghanistan Green Trend warned that by persisting in what it described as arrogance and political short-sightedness, the Taliban have missed the opportunity to advance a genuinely Afghan-led solution and that it may now be too late for meaningful reform.
