Pakistan ISI Chief Visits Kabul
Sheik Rashid the Pakistan’s interior minister Sheikh Rashid has openly admitted in front of Media that Pakistan has been the Custodian of Taliban leaders. He said that Pakistan has taken care of Taliban for a long time, implying that now the Taliban Government in Afghanistan will act like a puppet to the whims and fancies of Government of Pakistan.
As per Rashid many of the top Taliban leaders were born in Pakistan and they got education in Pakistan. Pakistan has taken care of them for a long time and has done everything for them. Although officially Pakistan has routinely denied giving any kind of military aid to Taliban. Though the accusations have often made by several countries, including the Afghan government and Washington.
So earlier when Shri Harsh V Shringla, Indian Foreign Secretary had declared that Pakistan has supported and nurtured the Taliban which has replaced the elected government of Afghanistan by force, then he was not wrong.
The Taliban leadership did have their headquarters in Pakistan and were always in direct contact with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. Now with the Taliban trying to form a new government in Afghanistan, the Pakistan intelligence chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed visited Kabul on Saturday, leading a delegation of Pakistan officials. Though the purpose of his visit was not at all clear, a senior official in Pakistan had said earlier in the week that Hameed could help the Taliban reorganise the Afghan military. As per a journalist Hamza Azhar Salam, Hameed was invited by the Taliban to discuss the future of the two countries.
“DG ISI, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed has arrived in #Kabul leading a delegation of Pakistani officials on the invitation of the Taliban to discuss the future of #Pakistan and #Afghanistan ties under the new Taliban government,” he tweeted.
It seems the Taliban factions are in a disagreement over the formation of a new government in Kabul. This is evident from the Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid statement that the formation of a new government in Afghanistan had to be postponed for the next week, as the group struggles to give shape to a broad-based and inclusive administration acceptable to the international community.
Even with passage of nearly 20 days, the Taliban continue to delay the formation of the new government in Kabul since their taking over of the Presidential Palace in Kabul. The Terrorist group was expected to announce the formation of the new government led by its co-founder Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar on Friday, but later postponed it once again. Pakistan may still get the biggest shock.
