Taliban’s direct threat during the meeting, “If there is an attack on Afghanistan, Islamabad will be destroyed !”

• Talks between the Taliban and Pakistan end in failure

• Taliban issues open threat to Islamabad !

Istanbul (Turkiye) – According to reports, the meeting, held in Istanbul (Turkiye) to discuss a possible ceasefire, turned tense when Taliban representatives warned Pakistan against any military misadventure. “Any attack on Afghan soil will invite severe retaliation,”  Taliban spokesperson told Tolo News. “If Pakistan dares to use nuclear weapons, Islamabad itself will be destroyed.”

1. Sources present at the talks revealed that while the Afghan delegation seemed committed to peace and stability, the Pakistani representatives displayed little seriousness. Instead, they reportedly demanded that other Islamic nations guarantee Pakistan’s security, a condition the Taliban rejected outright.

2. The Taliban delegation clarified that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacks are Pakistan’s internal issue and that the Afghan government has “no connection whatsoever” with those operations.

3. The Taliban’s tone was unusually aggressive. Ironically, India, despite being a nuclear-armed State constantly battling terrorism, has never issued such open threats to its neighbours. It seems, that India could learn something from the Taliban’s fervour in defending its sovereignty.

Editorial Perspectives

• The much-anticipated talks between the Taliban regime of Afghanistan and Pakistan have collapsed, revealing deep distrust between the two sides. The most shocking was the Taliban’s direct threat during the meeting, “If there is an attack on Afghanistan, Islamabad will be destroyed!”
• This open declaration of hostility exposed that the so-called ‘peace negotiations’ were nothing more than a fragile facade.