Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016

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NRao wrote: On the contrary China would be thrilled, I would think. India opposed Chinese presence in PoK. It is only appropriate for China to now counter, thus weakening the Indian argument for CPEC.
Hi Niranjan, the CPEC will stand or fall depending on its own weight of contradictions and Pakistani incompetence. India has little influence in this regard, despite it being constructed on Indian territory. That train has left the station.
I just do not see any value of American SF in India.
Absolutely. And not just for India. There is no use for the Americans either. This is why I look askance at such insider tid-bits doing the rounds; it defies basic common sense. A surveillance station, perhaps. And that would be the Chinese nightmare.
Ameriki forces in any form or for any reason, based out of India will have repercussions, both internally and externally, forcibily dragging India into situations where she has no skin in the game and yet have many izl@mi( interests targeting us.

Overflight yes but actual physical presence on Indian soil, no.

even during the gelf war, there was a huge hue and cry in India for allowing ameriki aircraft to refuel in bombay.

The govt reacted by cleverly banning such refueling in bombay. Instead, they did something which no one realized was just as beneficial to the amerikis, they quietly allowed ameriki overflights through India, and the amerikis refueled in colombo.

The amerikis were very happy to refuel at colombo because that airport is much better organized and more efficiently managed than bombay is (even today)

If overflights via India had not been allowed, the amerikis would have had to trade fuel for cargo, fly the longer route around India, and as a consequence, their cargo carrying capacity per flight would have drastically reduced, increasing their costs as well as mandating a quantum jump in the number of cargo flights required to keep their supply chains going.

India not joining the CPEC is the kiss of death for this important section. The pakis alone will not be able to carry it, no matter how much of a squeeze xi puts on them. The baluchis cannot be managed so easily.

the reason given "it being constructed on Indian territory" was just to make it palatable.

xi thought that he would drain (Indian) resources as he has done in all other countries, as well as, use Indian ports, rail, road networks to push his domination agenda.

India, beediland, myanmar route would have been far easier for xi to manage and that also would have been the original plan. the paki CPEC route would have been the military option for xi, building a huge naval base and oil terminal at gwadar

If it had been anyone else other than Modi (much stronger now, with his 303), the cheeni would have long bribed their way into the Indian hinterland, again as they have done in all countries.

it's my guess that the regime change agenda being run in India has (among other interested players), also a lot of hidden cheeni resources smoothing the khalistani and miya way to funding the "farmer's protests" and xi's ladakh gambit is the other jaw of the pincer
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So Stanikzai has fled to Dubai, Baradar is forced to stay on in Afghanistan because his family are "guests" of the ISI in Quetta, Akhunzada has not been seen since the takeover and is probably dead and PM Akhund is also missing. The only people strutting around Kabul are the Haqqanis. The Haqqani network takeover is complete. The US has been taken for a ride in the Doha talks with the counterparts they negotiated with are dead, muzzled or fled for their lives. Ditto the Russians who tried the same thing via their Moscow talks and are wondering what the hell has happened. And even China will be wondering if their "iron brother" can deliver peace in Afghanistan via the ISI because without peace and stability China will not make investments.

Taliban's Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai flees to Dubai
NEW DELHI: Senior Taliban leader and Deputy Minister of Foreign Minister Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai has fled Kabul to join his family in Dubai. Multiple sources confirmed that the once high flying Stanikzai, who could have been the Foreign Minister, is afraid that he could be assassinated by the Pakistani spy agency Inter-State Intelligence (ISI), if he returned According to the sources, Stanikzai is accused of having "close" ties with Russia and links with India, by the radical, pro-Pakistan, Haqqani group members in the Taliban government. Stanikzai was educated at the Indian Military Academy. India's first formal contact in August with the Taliban was with Stanikzai, who was then the head of the Taliban's political office in Doha.
Now, like his fellow and the deputy prime minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Stanikzai also stands isolated inside the Taliban. "These two guys, Abbas Stanikzai and Mullah Barader who had told the world for over two years, that we are 'the changed Taliban', one has been exiled like ex-president Ghani in UAE and the other has been isolated in Kabul," says Iranian journalist Tajuden Soroush in his post on Twitter. But unlike Stanikzai, Mullah Baradar, who escaped to Kandahar to save his life after he was injured in a fight with Haqqani faction in Kabul last month, is "forced" to live in Afghanistan as his family is in Quetta in Pakistan under the ISI's protection. Now Baradar is back in Kabul but refused the security provided by the Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani despite the latter insisting that it was their job to provide personal security to the deputy PM.
"Where is the Taliban supremo Hibutallah Akhunzada and the Prime Minister Hasan Akhund?" wonders an Afghan journalist who wished to remain anonymous due to security reasons. Both are "inaccessible". According to the journalist, the Taliban supporters have rejected the rumours about the death of their Amir al-Mu'minin Hibutallah Akhunzada and said that he was in Kandahar.
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ldev wrote:So Stanikzai has fled to Dubai, Baradar is forced to stay on in Afghanistan because his family are "guests" of the ISI in Quetta, Akhunzada has not been seen since the takeover and is probably dead and PM Akhund is also missing. The only people strutting around Kabul are the Haqqanis. The Haqqani network takeover is complete. The US has been taken for a ride in the Doha talks with the counterparts they negotiated with are dead, muzzled or fled for their lives. Ditto the Russians who tried the same thing via their Moscow talks and are wondering what the hell has happened. And even China will be wondering if their "iron brother" can deliver peace in Afghanistan via the ISI because without peace and stability China will not make investments.

Taliban's Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai flees to Dubai
Apparently Mullah Yaqoob and Haqqani were direct and open with Baradar in the presidential palace. Baradar said the US/ISAF left because of the political negotiations that he did in Doha. Yaqoob was insulting him saying Baradar was living in luxury in Doha while we fought in the trenches. Anyway there was a big brawl between security detail and Baradar had to be smuggled out of the palace.

He's pretty afraid to go anywhere including even to meet foreign officials who know him well.

Stanikzai is an interesting case - few years ago there was interest in reaching out to him but the official never did get round to arranging the meetings, it sounds like there have been some recent contacts. Those close to him said he has a few nice things to say about his time in india hence the interest.

Pakistani army is fully embedded with Taliban providing logistical, tactical and ISR support via drones.
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In elementary school when learning arithmetic you are taught the concept of LCF i.e. Lowest Common Factor. In the context of the recent Moscow talks on Afghanistan the 10 countries who were participants have such widely differing priorities on Afghanistan that the only LCF that they could really agree on was that Afghan soil should not be used for export of terror. I mean think about it. What do China and Pakistan on the one hand and India on the other have in common on Afghanistan?

India is miffed that the Russians issued a so called joint statement which was not joint because India was not consulted on it. It was a Russian statement issued on behalf of all 10 countries but India at least was not consulted. India's disquiet is captured in this article.

The other interesting point in the statement is that Russian Foreign Minister says that those countries present in Afghanistan for the last 20 years should pay for the cost of rebuilding Afghanistan. Could be because if the statement had said countries present in Afghanistan in the past 40 years, the Russians would also have to pay a hefty bill :)

India worried by Russian statement post Moscow consultations on Afghanistan
NEW DELHI : India doesn’t seem too happy with a statement emanating from Russia at the end of Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan that says that practical engagement with Afghanistan will have to take into account the new reality in the country—that is,the new administration run by the Pakistan-backed Taliban.......

........The main cause of New Delhi's unease has been the line in the statement that says that “further practical engagement with Afghanistan needed to take into account the new reality, that is the Taliban coming to power in the country, irrespective of the official recognition of the new Afghan government by the international community."

This could mean that the “new reality" of Afghanistan would need to be kept in mind even for sending food aid for the people of the country.
India, which considers Russia a special friend, wouldn’t like to publicly dissociate itself from or be critical of a statement that has been put out after the meeting hosted by Moscow. New Delhi has also been keen to ensure it is part of groupings that has a say in the future of Afghanistan. There is also a question mark over whether the statement was a joint one—put out after a consensus reached among all attending countries or it was the host’s summary of the proceedings.
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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world ... ort-327081

Taliban behead junior volleyball player part of Afghan women's national team

So much for the enlightened, moderate, progressive Taliban V2.0

Welcome to Taliban V2.0, same as Taliban V1.0, but with M4 rifle instead of AK47
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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and ISI Chief Faiz Hameed arrive in Kabul on Thursday, October 21!! Greeted by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi
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https://twitter.com/Rezhasan/status/145 ... 93/photo/1

By the way at the just concluded Moscow talks India was the only country that pledged to give food aid to Afghanistan. The disagreement is on the mode of delivery. India does not want it handled by the Taliban.

The only other anonymous country that is being helpful at this time is whoever is paying the Uzbek Electricity Company that exports power to Afghanistan. Without that electricity, northern Afghanistan will be in darkness. But somebody is paying that company to keep the lights on in Kabul.
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^^ Faiz is there to convince them to form an inclusive Govt otherwise current situation will continue (with international community not recognizing them)
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https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/22/poli ... index.html

US nearing a formal agreement to use Pakistan's airspace to carry out military operations in Afghanistan
Pakistan has expressed a desire to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in exchange for assistance with its own counterterrorism efforts and help in managing the relationship with India, one of the sources said. But the negotiations are ongoing, another source said, and the terms of the agreement, which has not been finalized, could still change.

The briefing comes as the White House is still trying to ensure that it can carry out counterterrorism operations against ISIS-K and other adversaries in Afghanistan now that there is no longer a US presence on the ground for the first time in two decades after the NATO withdrawal from the country.
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Anujan wrote:https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world ... ort-327081

Taliban behead junior volleyball player part of Afghan women's national team

So much for the enlightened, moderate, progressive Taliban V2.0

Welcome to Taliban V2.0, same as Taliban V1.0, but with M4 rifle instead of AK47

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Her name was Mahjabin Hakimi

Poor kid, she looked so bright and chirpy
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"help in managing the relation with India" means US should stop any response by India for terror attacks.

Not to mention Aim120D and Block 70.

I am fairly certain this will happen.
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Sikhs are now being asked to either convert or leave.

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Read the comments.

Of course it is a biased sample, but Sikhs have destroyed their credibility with Hindus. They have made themselves a laughing stock. Congratulations.
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shyamd wrote:Many nations coming to Delhi with willingness to support National Resistance Forces in Afghanistan. US will hand over spare parts and planes from Kyrgyzstan (looks like around 20 fixed wing and another 20 rotary). Some cash to pay for spare parts (through arrangement with Russia).

As mentioned above US spec forces proposal is to use Ladakh for counter terror purposes subject to GOI conditions.

UK wants to join the logistics pipeline to Afghan NRF plus permissions for drone from Gissar.

In the old days Musharraf offered GOI a road to Afghanistan through PoK.

TSPA and Afghan Taleb are bracing for new wave of attacks by ISIS-K and TTP targeting them. Both parties on alert looking for those cells. Complaints being made to international intel community saying RAW is the one responsible
Violence surges in Pakistan's tribal belt as Taliban, IS-K go on attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58891613.amp

TTP releasing propaganda videos of attacks against TSPA.
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The new tellibunnies.

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So China has moved into Tajikistan. What does this have to say about India's long standing base in Ayni? Will be uncomfortable bedfellows with China in Tajikistan. And are the Russians happy about China moving into their traditional sphere of influence, the stans. Shyamd, any comments?

Tajikistan Approves Construction Of New Chinese Base As Beijing's Security Presence In Central Asia Grows
DUSHANBE -- Tajikistan has approved the construction of a new Chinese base near the country’s border with Afghanistan as Tajik officials warn of growing threats emanating from its southern neighbor.

In a separate development, the Tajik government has offered to transfer full control of a preexisting Chinese military base in the country to Beijing and waive any future rent in exchange for military aid from China, according to a communique sent from the Chinese Embassy in Dushanbe to Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry and seen by RFE/RL’s Tajik Service.

The two developments paint a picture of a growing Chinese military footprint in the Central Asian country as Beijing and its neighbors in the region turn their attention toward an increasingly tenuous security situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban's mid-August takeover.
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Hey Pannu jokers and @SikhPA any words for this?

Or paycheck is too big to open your mouth?

‘Either convert to Islam or Leave Afghanistan’, #Afghan Sikhs get an Ultimatum from the #Taliban
via@RatanSharda55 . 23 Oct

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chetak wrote:
Hey Pannu jokers and @SikhPA any words for this?

Or paycheck is too big to open your mouth?

‘Either convert to Islam or Leave Afghanistan’, #Afghan Sikhs get an Ultimatum from the #Taliban
via@RatanSharda55 . 23 Oct

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Sad to see this, but its not our problem.. let their Pakistan help them out.
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ldev wrote:So China has moved into Tajikistan. What does this have to say about India's long standing base in Ayni? Will be uncomfortable bedfellows with China in Tajikistan. And are the Russians happy about China moving into their traditional sphere of influence, the stans. Shyamd, any comments?

Tajikistan Approves Construction Of New Chinese Base As Beijing's Security Presence In Central Asia Grows
DUSHANBE -- Tajikistan has approved the construction of a new Chinese base near the country’s border with Afghanistan as Tajik officials warn of growing threats emanating from its southern neighbor.

In a separate development, the Tajik government has offered to transfer full control of a preexisting Chinese military base in the country to Beijing and waive any future rent in exchange for military aid from China, according to a communique sent from the Chinese Embassy in Dushanbe to Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry and seen by RFE/RL’s Tajik Service.

The two developments paint a picture of a growing Chinese military footprint in the Central Asian country as Beijing and its neighbors in the region turn their attention toward an increasingly tenuous security situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban's mid-August takeover.
Hi LDev, I posted this article and my view in the previous page. It’s the post with the map. Look at it from context on US SF wanting to base themselves in Ladakh.
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IK and Bajwa had a disagreement over next ISI chief. IK wants Faiz to continue due to Afghan situation and threats from there. Though TSPA announced Anjum this hasn’t been officially accepted by Govt. Negotiations are still ongoing.

His last act before he left as ISI chief was to hold a regional conference of intel agencies that has an interest in Afghanistan. GRU, Chinese, Iranians, Uzbek and Turkmen turned up. Iranians complained about taliban not protecting shia as per agreement (see my previous post in August)… others complained about ISIS-K.
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Anjum will take over as isi chief from 20nov, Bajwa will stay beyond 2022 as per some reports
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https://twitter.com/alinazary/status/14 ... 4239135745 ----->
The International Office of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has received authorization to officially open in the United States and will soon expand its activities throughout the globe.
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shyamd wrote:IK and Bajwa had a disagreement over next ISI chief. IK wants Faiz to continue due to Afghan situation and threats from there. Though TSPA announced Anjum this hasn’t been officially accepted by Govt. Negotiations are still ongoing.

His last act before he left as ISI chief was to hold a regional conference of intel agencies that has an interest in Afghanistan. GRU, Chinese, Iranians, Uzbek and Turkmen turned up. Iranians complained about taliban not protecting shia as per agreement (see my previous post in August)… others complained about ISIS-K.
The reason IK wanted Faiz has nothing to do with Afghanistan, it was so that Faiz can help him rig elections and stay in power, and there are rumours that Pirni had recommended retaining him as well.

But IK had to cave in and has signed the notification appointing Bajwa's choice as the ISI chief.
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NRao wrote:https://twitter.com/alinazary/status/14 ... 4239135745 ----->
The International Office of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has received authorization to officially open in the United States and will soon expand its activities throughout the globe.
My post from a few weeks and a month ago....
shyamd wrote: GOI has held senior meetings with Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia in the last month. RAW taking the lead in organising the afghan opposition - CIT-J and CIT-X deployed in Tajikistan base along with Indian military assets. Preparations in full swing clearly - sounds like logistics being sorted.. All elements of national power being exercised - Diplo, econ and military. TSPA doing its best to counter
shyamd wrote:Many nations coming to Delhi with willingness to support National Resistance Forces in Afghanistan. US will hand over spare parts and planes from Kyrgyzstan (looks like around 20 fixed wing and another 20 rotary). Some cash to pay for spare parts (through arrangement with Russia).

As mentioned above US spec forces proposal is to use Ladakh for counter terror purposes subject to GOI conditions.

UK wants to join the logistics pipeline to Afghan NRF plus permissions for drone from Gissar.

In the old days Musharraf offered GOI a road to Afghanistan through PoK.

TSPA and Afghan Taleb are bracing for new wave of attacks by ISIS-K and TTP targeting them. Both parties on alert looking for those cells. Complaints being made to international intel community saying RAW is the one responsible
Great to see US part of the alliance.

--------Kyrgyz NSA was in Delhi to meet Doval about Afghanistan... Good to see they have reached some agreements. Now every country neighbouring Afghanistan is onboard and supportive of logistical pipelines to NRF.
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Finally a resistance front is being made ., now to couple that with the Afghan Govt in exile and give it the legitimacy
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Unkil keeps his foot on the landmine for 20 years but does nothing to defuse it, then suddenly jumps away and the mine goes off maiming him and now threatening others in the vicinity. It looks like when India is finally stepping up to control the messy situation, Unkil and its Poodle are acting like they're dispensing favours by making some half hearted contributions. I'd say they should foot the entire bill and put their special forces under Indian command to atone for their stupidity and ineffectiveness. And keep their CBGs active and their blind subs bumping into stuff in Indo-China sea to keep the Panda preoccupied and not dare meddle around in Afghanistan while India sets things straight.

Looks like once in a generation opportunity for India to end Pakistan's existence and restore Afghanistan to the rightful status it had under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. If our MAD men accomplish this, they'll get my lifetime support.
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shyamd wrote:Now every country neighbouring Afghanistan is onboard and supportive of logistical pipelines to NRF.
Well... every neighbouring country except Pakistan and China. Those are two pretty big troublemakers who will go to great lengths to make life difficult for NRF and its supporters.
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^^ I wouldn’t make that assumption about China - do you think they completely trust TSP?. And on Pakistan we have already spoken about it on the thread… Taleban backers are facing the heat
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Confirmation of US plans to move aircraft and personnel to Gissar IAF base
Exclusive: U.S. hopes to soon relocate Afghan pilots who fled to Tajikistan, official says
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 021-10-22/
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shyamd wrote:Confirmation of US plans to move aircraft and personnel to Gissar IAF base
Exclusive: U.S. hopes to soon relocate Afghan pilots who fled to Tajikistan, official says
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 021-10-22/
That link says nothing of the sort, it just states that the US plans to evacuate them from Tajikistan.
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And now this.

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Next up...Afghanistan is invited to and joins the UN Human Rights Council.
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Well, they've started issuing threats : unblock our money or else... Perfect fit for UNHRC.
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So ISIS-K released a statement today saying Pakistan is their number 1 target……
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shyamd wrote:So ISIS-K released a statement today saying Pakistan is their number 1 target……
This might be a trick to continue the payment from us. First they got paid to fight the bunnies now the isi k
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Atmavik wrote:This might be a trick to continue the payment from us. First they got paid to fight the bunnies now the isi k
TSPA, TLP, TTP, Tellibunnies, ISIS, ISIS-K - what's the difference? They all fight for the same cause. 72 raisins.
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Hate the kafurrr, but love their money :rotfl: :rotfl:

Open to receiving Indian diplomats, humanitarian aid: Taliban
Amid renewed efforts by the government in Kabul to seek international recognition, the Taliban have said they are open to receiving Indian diplomats and providing security to them.
And as winter fast approaches, threatening to worsen further the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, Taliban spokesperson and ambassador-designate to UN Suhail Shaheen also told ToI Taliban will welcome aid at this critical juncture.
"We are open to receiving all diplomats and committed to providing security for their routine diplomatic functions," said Shaheen, responding to a query by ToI on whether or not Indian diplomats can return to Afghanistan.
Unlike their silence on the first official engagement with India in Doha in August this year, Taliban were quick to confirm the meeting with an Indian delegation in Moscow last month. They also said that India had offered humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan in the Moscow meeting and that both sides felt it was necessary to take into account each other's concerns and improve "diplomatic and economic relations".
Shaheen's remarks also come amid a renewed pitch by the Taliban government in Kabul to seek international legitimacy. The Taliban last week warned the US and others that if their demands for recognition were not met and if Afghan funds abroad remained frozen, it could become a problem not just for the region but the world.

"Our message to America is, if unrecognition continues, Afghan problems continue, it is the problem of the region and could turn into a problem for the world," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid was quoted as saying.
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor ... %20border.
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anupmisra wrote:
Atmavik wrote:This might be a trick to continue the payment from us. First they got paid to fight the bunnies now the isi k
TSPA, TLP, TTP, Tellibunnies, ISIS, ISIS-K - what's the difference? They all fight for the same cause. 72 raisins.
Slight but subtle difference, sir. They all fight for 'land' (Dar-al-Islam).
Just that the upper levels (mullahs, sultans/dictactors etc) promise the lower level zombies of loot & slaves if they survive the battle and 72 raisins in the afterlife, if they don't.
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Providing security and taking hostage are two sides of the same coin, can be flipped any time! Who will be stupid enough to go along?!
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... ing-played
Gunmen kill at least three at Afghan wedding to stop music being played
Killers said they were Taliban but government denies responsibility and says two of them have been arrested
Agence France-Presse, Sat 30 Oct 2021

Gunmen presenting themselves as Taliban attacked a wedding in eastern Afghanistan to stop music being played and killed at least three people, the government has said.
Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Saturday that two of the three attackers had been arrested, and denied they were acting on behalf of the Islamist movement.
“Last night, at the wedding of Haji Malang Jan in Shamspur Mar Ghundi village of Nangarhar, three people who introduced themselves as Taliban entered the proceedings and [asked] that the music stop playing,” he said.
“As a result of firing, at least three people have been killed and several others have been injured.
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Taliban says failure to recognise their government could have global effects
Reuters, October 30, 2021

KABUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Taliban called on the United States and other countries on Saturday to recognise their government in Afghanistan, saying that a failure to do so and the continued freezing of Afghan funds abroad would lead to problems not only for the country but for the world.
No country has formally recognised the Taliban government since the insurgents took over the country in August, while billions of dollars in Afghan assets and funds abroad have also been frozen, even as the country faces severe economic and humanitarian crises.
"Our message to America is, if unrecognition continues, Afghan problems continue, it is the problem of the region and could turn into a problem for the world," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told journalists at a news conference on Saturday.
He said the reason the Taliban and the United States went to war last time was also because the two did not have formal diplomatic ties.
The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 following the Sept. 11, 2001, attack after the then-Taliban government refused to hand over al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
"Those issues which caused the war, they could have been solved through negotiation, they could have been solved through political compromise too," Mujahid said.
He added that recognition was the right of the Afghan people.
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The Taliban is trying to win over Afghanistan’s Shiites with a 33-year-old Hazara emissary. But many question the group’s sincerity.
Sudarsan Raghavan, 11/1/2021

KABUL — As a military commander, Maulavi Mahdi never captured territory or killed Americans in battle. Yet the Taliban considers the 33-year-old ethnic Hazara a godsend. Last year, the militants made Mahdi a shadow district governor in his birthplace. Then they showcased a video of him on their website to glorify his credentials. On a recent trip to Kabul, he was housed in a large villa with a garden, which the Taliban typically reserves for its most senior leaders. Mahdi knows why. “I am a bridge between the Taliban and the Hazara community,” he said.
Of all the history the Taliban has with other Afghan groups, none is more tortured than the one with the country’s Hazara minority. When they first rose to power in the mid-1990s, the hard-line Sunni militants massacred, kidnapped and uprooted thousands of Shiite Hazaras, declaring them infidels. They destroyed Hazara cultural heritage sites and extended their political and economic marginalization by different Afghan regimes. Tens of thousands of Hazaras have fled the country.
How the Taliban treats Hazaras in its new regime will serve as an essential barometer to gauge the militants’ claim that they have changed and deserve international recognition and financial support.
On one level, Mahdi’s elevation represents a change from the past — one based on strategic calculations to attract local support in minority communities and create the semblance of diversity within the militants’ ranks. To that end, the Taliban has dispatched Mahdi to Hazara areas as an emissary and set up informal Shiite courts for the first time to attract more Hazaras.
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Indian press reporting that Pak NSA and Chinese will not attend NSA level talks on Afghanistan. But TSP press (from 6 hours ago) state that matter is still under consideration.

UAE is playing a behind the scenes role in making the talks happen.
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