The situation in the Panjshir valley remains tense and there have been heavy casualties on both sides. In a dispatch from the frontlines, the former Vice President of Afghanistan and the so-called caretaker president of the country Amrullah Saleh has written a moving personal account on the overall situation.
Ariana: The Afghan government has accused the Taliban of being a proxy force for an intelligence agency which “provides the group with equipment and facilities.” His remarks come a day after Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed admitted that the families of Taliban live in his country, including in areas around the capital, Islamabad, and
Tolo News: Chris Alexandra, Canada’s former ambassador to Afghanistan, says that restoring peace in Afghanistan will not be possible unless Pakistan halts its “covert proxy war” in the country. According to the Canadian diplomat, the Taliban speaks on behalf of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies in the peace table not their own. Click here to read more
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s intelligence agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS)—has busted a 10-member Chinese module operating a terror cell in the city of Kabul, the Hindustan Times has reported quoting some diplomats and security officials. According to the Hindustan Times, the crackdown has come as a huge embarrassment for Beijing, which has been trying to
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 26, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Tuesday it was “hopeful” about prospects of U.S.-backed peace talks between Afghanistan’s warring parties to end the country’s long conflict. The optimism stemmed from a meeting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi held Tuesday with a visiting Afghan Taliban delegation led by the insurgent
Hindustan Times:According to officials, the ISKP can front attacks for the Haqqani Network and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT). ISKP leader Aslam Farooqi, a Pakistani national with links to LeT and Pakistan’s Tehrik-e-Taliban was arrested by Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security along with 19 other terrorist cadres on April 5. The Pakistani deep state is pushing the Haqqani
Tolo News: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in an interview at the Council on Foreign Relations In New York on Monday admitted that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) trained al-Qaida and other terrorist groups to fight in Afghanistan. “The Pakistani Army, ISI, trained Al-Qaida and all these groups to fight in Afghanistan. There were always links–there had to
Tolo News: Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, says the Taliban does not believe in elections and that the group is seeking to take over Afghanistan by force once the foreign forces leave the country as part of a peace deal. Haqqani said the real peace in Afghanistan will come “when Pakistan’s ISI stops interfering
1TV: Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, Ghani highlighted “strong interdependencies” between the Taliban and Pakistan and called for “programmatic approaches” to move from conflict to cooperation. “We have a proverb it says you cannot take an Afghan to heaven by coercion, but you can take him to hell by persuasion,” Ghani said. Click
The National Interest: Pakistan’s objectives for Afghanistan have always been different than those of the United States. Not only has Pakistan not helped the United States in Afghanistan, but from the very beginning through its support of the Taliban, Pakistan has actively worked against our interests and is responsible for prolongation of the war and the