A former Pakistani official has called for regime change in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, urging support for armed opposition groups and other measures against the Taliban.
Jan Achakzai, former information minister of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, wrote on X that the time had come to change the Taliban regime.
Achakzai called for targeting political and administrative offices of the Afghan Taliban and outlined several proposals he said could help bring about political change in Afghanistan.
Among his suggestions was the establishment of offices in Islamabad for the National Resistance Front and the Afghanistan Freedom Front, two armed groups opposed to the Taliban.
He also proposed granting a 30-kilometre buffer zone along the Durand Line to forces of the National Resistance Front, extending to the Wakhan Corridor.
The former official further suggested that Pakistan provide drone support to National Resistance Front forces operating in Badakhshan, Panjshir and other northern provinces.
Achakzai also proposed opening offices in Pakistan’s capital for civil society organisations and groups advocating women’s rights.
In addition, he suggested transferring Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad to Taliban opponents.
Targeting Taliban political and administrative offices, including air-related infrastructure, was among the other proposals he mentioned in his post.
He also called for establishing a political office in Quetta for tribes opposed to the Taliban.
