(Last Updated On: January 15, 2021)
National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib said on Friday the Taliban wants to seize power by forcing the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan.
Mohib also accused the Taliban of wasting time in Doha, saying the developments around the talks show that the Taliban wants to seize power by force.
According to him, the Afghan government will prepare for war against the Taliban if negotiations fail.
Mohib’s statement comes the same day as Washington announced its troops now number only 2,500 in Afghanistan – as per the US-Taliban conditions-based agreement signed in February last year.
According to the agreement, the remainder of their troops will be pulled out by May but only if the Taliban meet the conditions – which include cutting all ties with al-Qaeda.
President Aliyev Hails Afghanistan Support for Azerbaijan Territorial Integrity
2020-12-22 46 1 minute read
Kabul (BNA) President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamdullah Mohib and Chief of Staff to the Afghan President Mohammad Shaker Kargar here yesterday, Azerbaijan State News Agency reported.
National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib conveyed greetings of Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani to the Azeri head of state.
Meanwhile, President Ilham Aliyev thanked for the greetings of Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, and asked Hamdullah Mohib to extend his greetings to the Afghan President, according to the agency.