Afghanistan International: Rangin Dadfar Spanta, former Afghan national security advisor, has sharply criticised Germany’s decision to accept Taliban diplomats, warning that the move amounts to de facto recognition of the group and reduces Berlin’s Afghan policy to the level of Russia’s. Berlin recently approved the presence of two Taliban-appointed consular officers in Berlin and Bonn.
Amu: Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistan’s defense minister has admitted that the country supported terrorist groups for more than three decades, calling it a mistake tied to US-led foreign policy decisions — a rare public acknowledgment that comes amid renewed tensions with India following a deadly attack in Kashmir. In an interview with Sky News, Asif
Afghanistan International: Ali Maysam Nazary, the head of foreign relations for the National Resistance Front (NRF), stated that the people of Afghanistan are closer to achieving political unity and consensus about the future of their country. Speaking on the sidelines of the Vienna conference on Monday, Nazary called on the international community to “abandon the
8am: “Mr. Khalilzad considers Dr. Ghani’s obstinacy to maintain power as the main obstacle to his so-called peace,” Dr. Spanta, former national security adviser to Hamid Karzai, tweeted on Friday, October 29. “Ghani’s madness in maintaining his illegitimate power and his hostility to peace and the rule of law was evident. But Mr. Khalilzad, weren’t
Afghanistan Times: US President Donald Trump’s strategy for South Asia and Afghanistan has been ineffective in stave off terrorism and improving security and stability, said Dr. Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, Former President Hamid Karzai’s national security advisor. “Government has lost control over a significant portion of territory, and I can say that US new strategy has failed,”