Will Not Allow 'Proxy War' In Afghanistan, Says Taliban’s Deputy Foreign Minister

During a speech, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister said that terrorist groups have been eliminated in Afghanistan and they will not allow such groups to wage a proxy war in the country.

Abbas Stanikzai claimed that terrorist groups are imported and use the territory of some neighbouring countries against the Taliban.

Stanikzai added that a number of terrorists have been arrested whose centres were located outside Afghanistan.

Earlier, the Taliban published the confessions of a number of detained ISIS members who claimed to have been trained in Pakistan's Balochistan province and sent to Afghanistan. In a statement, the Taliban spokesman claimed that the ISIS group's centres are located outside Afghanistan and in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

Previously, the former Afghan government accused Pakistan of using the Afghan Taliban against it. Now, the Taliban has pointed the finger at Pakistan and sees ISIS as a tool of Pakistan to put pressure on the group's government.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the third international Imam Abu Hanifa exhibition in Kabul on Sunday (October 6), Stanikzai said, "We will not allow anyone to use Afghan soil against the security of other countries. We have mutual interaction and we do not allow anyone to interfere in our internal affairs. We stand firmly and courageously against those who pose a security threat."

"Just as we defeated the US and NATO, we will also fight against imported terrorists who seek proxy war in Afghanistan," he added.

In another part of his speech, Stanikzai called the treatment of Afghan refugees by Iran and Pakistan unacceptable and said that these two countries should treat the refugees "with good behaviour" until the ground for their voluntary return is provided.