Abbas Stanikzai says New Delhi has always played a negative role in the war-torn country Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai, the chief Taliban negotiator, on Sunday said that India has always supported traitors in Afghanistan. “India has always played a negative role in Afghanistan. India supported traitors in the country,” Stanikzai said in an interview today, according to Hashim Wahdatyar, former director at Institute of Current World Affairs. Abbas Stanikzai, #Taliban Chief Negotiator in a new interview today: "#India has always played a negative role in #Afghanistan. India supported traitors in the country." pic.twitter.com/y36lHxPLZM— Hashim Wahdatyar (@HashimWahdatyar) May 16, 2020