The Haqqani network is smartly leading talks in Turkey with Pakistan. A Poet himself, Anis Haqqani, the younger brother of Sirrajuddin Haqqani, is a practical and mature leader who speaks fluent English, Urdu and Arabic . He has been key in dealing with Gulf countries, the #US, and China.
The Haqqani network fully controls militant activities, including the TTP, in the Loya Paktika region and supports nearly all TTP camps there. After Pakistan’s attacks on these camps, the Kandhari Taliban faced increased pressure. The Haqqanis didn’t back their anti-Pakistan rhetoric and may now use the #Turkey talks strategically.
They could address Pakistan’s concerns to ease tensions in Islamabad or use the talks to gain influence with the Kandhari Taliban, led by Akhonzada Mullah Haibatullah, on Afghan issues.
But Akhonzada Mullah Haibatullah has the final say and can block any agreement.
The biggest challenge for the Taliban 2.0 is Haibatullah’s stance on human rights, women’s issues, and foreign relations.
Pakistan shouldn’t expect too much from the #Turkey talks.
The #Taliban proxy game against Pakistan is borrowed from the Indian playbook.
Brennan Heuser, an American veteran has praised the courage and combat skills of Panjshir’s fighters, calling them “the greatest fighters in Central Asia.”
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KABUL – Afghan political analyst Ahmad Sharifzad questioned the Taliban stance toward the Pakistan, saying that if the Taliban regime does not respect Pakistan’s borders, Why should Pakistan Afghanistan’s territory under Taliban control?
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Following military pressure from Pakistan on the Taliban regime, the group has assured Pakistan in Doha, Qatar, that it will not provide shelter to TTP members and leaders in Afghanistan again and has expressed regret for its past actions.
Mr. Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), said at General Abdul Raziq Achakzai’s memorial that Afghanistan’s crisis has no foreign solution and must be resolved by its own people.
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KABUL – Ahmad Sharifzad, Afghan political activist said, the time for deceiving the people of #Afghanistan is over. He stressed that the #Taliban have never been part of “us” and the people of Afghanistan will never support the Taliban’s war against #Pakistan.
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KABUL — Maulana Habibullah Hassam, Chairman of the Council of Islamic Scholars of the National Resistance Front (NRF), says the TTP and Afghan Taliban’s conflict with Pakistan is “waged in the interests of foreign actors, including India.”
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Fawzia Koofi, former deputy of the Afghanistan parliament, says that only a legitimate government can protect Afghanistan’s independence and territorial integrity.
She stated that the Taliban’s war with Pakistan is not the war of the Afghanistan people.
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Mujib-ur-Rahman Rahimi, former spokesperson for Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, says that Pakistan’s recent stance toward terrorists, unprecedented in the past, is commendable. He expressed hope that other countries would adopt a similar position toward terrorists.
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Mustafa Mastoor, former Afg Minister of Economy, emphasizes that eliminating terrorists everywhere, even within country, is crucial and that regional and extra-regional powers now recognize the Taliban’s policies as counterproductive to both Afg and intl interests.
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The Taliban have turned Afghanistan into a terrorist haven, undermining sovereignty and independence. Supporting them is betrayal. Only the National Resistance Front (NRF) can restore freedom, democracy, and legitimacy to Afghanistan and stability in the region.
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Afghanistan’s ambassador in Geneva, stated that the recent statement by Pakistan gov't regarding the freedom of the Afghanistan people and the formation of an inclusive and legitimate government is unprecedented in the history of relations b/w the countries.
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Ahmad Sharifzad, an Afghanistan political activist and anti-Taliban figure, says that by inviting an apartheid and terrorist regime to the country, India has made it clear to the world that it is a state sponsor of terrorism and does not adhere to human or political ethics.
Noor-ur-Rahman Akhlaqi, a senior member of the Jamiat-e-Islami of Afghanistan, says that the Taliban's war with Pakistan is not a war for the Afghanistan people, and the Afghanistan people will sooner or later overthrow this terrorist regime.
The majority of Afg people view the Durand Line as the official international border with Pakistan.
Those who call that official border imaginary tend to live in the border regions and are often caught up in unrealistic delusions; within Afg they are labeled ethnic fascists.
@avarakai فکر میکنم شما هندی باشید. لطفن هرچیزی را که در فید توییترتان میبینید ربطی به پاکستان ندهید. پاکستان همسایهی ماست و روابط ما استوار بر حُسن همسایگی و برادری اسلامی است.
این صفحه ربطی به پاکستان و پاکستانیان ندارد و من که یک پارسی زبان افغانستان هستم، ساخته شده است.
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Amid the ongoing military tensions between #Pakistan and the illegitimate #Taliban regime, the forces of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (@NRFafg) out a planned military operation in #Kunduz province, killing and wounding five Taliban terrorist members.