New Delhi: As Taliban prepare to announce new government in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed has arrived in Kabul with a high-level delegation from Islamabad.
According to the report of Tolo News, according to Pakistani media, the delegation was invited by the Taliban.
The visit is said to be significant because Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence has the biggest outside influence on the Taliban.
Meanwhile, the United States has urged Pakistan to fight terror groups as the crisis in Afghanistan mounts, according to leaked documents.
According to a set of documents and diplomatic cables leaked to a major US media outlet, President Joe Biden’s administration has quietly taken over Islamabad to cooperate in countering dangerous terrorist groups such as ISIS-K and al Qaeda following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. exerting pressure.
The Dawn newspaper published a report on Saturday, citing a news report published by Politico on Friday, of diplomatic messages exchanged between Washington and Islamabad recently after Taliban insurgents seized power in neighboring Afghanistan. There was a series.
According to reports, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the diplomatic face of the Taliban, will lead the Afghan government.
It was previously speculated that the rebel group’s top spiritual leader, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, would control the newly formed government.
Mohammad Yacoub, son of the late Taliban founder Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who served as deputy foreign minister when he last seized power in Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, are reportedly key in the new government. There will be roles.
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After a US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August.
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