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Imran Khan says Taliban won’t talk peace unless Ghani goes

Taliban leaders have said they will not negotiate with the Afghan government as long as Ashraf Ghani remains president, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday (August 11), Reuters reported.
With peace talks stalled, violence in Afghanistan has escalated spiked sharply as the insurgent group makes rapid territorial gains. A U.S. defence official said on Wednesday that Taliban fighters could take over Kabul in 90 days.
Khan said a political settlement was looking difficult under current conditions.
“I tried to persuade the Taliban… three to four months back when the Taliban senior leadership came here,” Khan told foreign journalists at his home in Islamabad.
“The condition is that as long as Ashraf Ghani is there, we (Taliban) are not going to talk to the Afghan government,” Khan said, quoting the Taliban leaders as telling him.
According to Reuters peace talks between the Taliban, who view Ghani and his government as puppets of the United States, and a team of Kabul-nominated Afghan negotiators started last September but have made no substantive progress.
Representatives of a number of countries, including the United States, are currently in the Qatari capital of Doha talking to both sides in a last-ditch push for a ceasefire before Aug 31 – the day all foreign forces officially exit Afghanistan.
The Pakistani prime minister said he felt the Afghan government was now trying to convince the United States to come back and intervene again, Reuters reported.
“They’ve been here for 20 years… What will they do now that they did not do for 20 years?” he said.
U.S. forces have continued to use airstrikes to support Afghan forces against Taliban advances, but it remains unclear if such support will continue after Aug 31.
Khan said Pakistan had “made it very clear” that it does not want any American military bases in Pakistan after U.S. forces exit Afghanistan.
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Tajikistan calls for new border measures amid Afghanistan security concerns

Saimumin Yatimov, the head of Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security, has raised concerns about the situation in Afghanistan and called for implementing new operational methods along the Afghan borders.
Speaking at the 56th meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Yatimov stated that the threat of international terrorism and the emergence of tension hotspots near the borders, particularly in Afghanistan, require new working strategies.
According to Russian media reports, Yatimov identified international terrorism as one of the main threats to the CIS countries.
However, the Islamic Emirate has not responded to these remarks. It has repeatedly dismissed such concerns as unfounded, emphasizing that it does not allow anyone to use Afghan soil for hostile purposes.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon was also present at the meeting and urged CIS member states to strengthen their security cooperation in light of growing regional challenges.
The 56th meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services was held on Friday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital.
Member states of the council include Russia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
Meanwhile, Turkmenistan participated in the meeting as an observer.
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Pakistan: Afghanistan’s India ties a bilateral issue, but its soil must not be used against us

Following first phone call between foreign ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and India, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said on Friday that Islamabad refrains from commenting on the bilateral relations of other states.
“Afghanistan is a sovereign, independent country. We do not comment on what kind of relations it wants to pursue with other countries. It is Afghanistan’s sovereign right,” the spokesperson said in a press conference.
However, the spokesperson emphasized that regardless of the nature of Afghanistan’s relations with any third country, Pakistan expects IEA to ensure that Afghanistan’s soil is not used against Pakistan.
Last Thursday, for the first time, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held phone talks with IEA’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
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Afghan justice minister to attend 13th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum

Acting Justice Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Abdul Hakim Sharei, left for Russia on Saturday to participate in the 13th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
The three-day conference will kick off on coming Monday and will be attended by ministers of justice, judicial officials and legal experts from various countries.
Acting Minister of Justice of the Islamic Emirate will deliver a speech on the nature of laws, the need for reforms in international law, ensuring justice and the role of the Islamic Emirate in international relations, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.
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