Amrullah Saleh, the former Vice President of Afghanistan and leader of the Afghanistan Green Trend, has revealed the identification of 58 high-ranking officials and nearly six thousand operatives within the Taliban's intelligence agency.
Saleh disclosed that these individuals had all previously been stationed in Pakistan, with the majority receiving training there.
In a detailed statement on the social media platform X, Saleh unveiled that the leadership of the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) had deep ties to Pakistan, where they were predominantly trained. He highlighted that among those identified by the Green Trend's intelligence efforts were key figures responsible for orchestrating terrorist attacks in major Afghan cities over the last two decades, with significant support from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Saleh criticised the GDI for its attempts to obscure its operations and personnel through aliases and covert tactics, pointing out its vulnerabilities to corruption, foreign infiltration, and nepotism. He emphasised the ISI's substantial influence on the Taliban's intelligence operations.
One notable individual, Tajmir Jawad, was singled out by Saleh for running a bomb-making facility in Kohat, Pakistan, for 20 years before being appointed as the deputy operations director of the Taliban intelligence. Jawad, according to Saleh, operates an independent section within the GDI.
Furthermore, Saleh warned of the Islamic State Khorasan Province's (ISKP) infiltration into the Taliban’s GDI, exploiting corrupt elements to facilitate the movement of personnel and materials for terrorist operations both within and outside Afghanistan.
Saleh also accused the Taliban of suppressing media coverage to hide the surge in criminal activities in major cities, alleging that the majority of kidnappings are perpetrated by the group, especially its intelligence wing.
