The Taliban accused Rustam Emomali of “destabilizing the situation in Afghanistan”

Abdulhamid Khorasani, a field commander of the Taliban of Tajik origin, accused Rustam Emomali, the eldest son of Emomali Rahmon, of being involved in destabilizing the situation in Afghanistan.

This ethnic Tajik, who has sparked much controversy with his statements over the past three years, sharply reacted to Rustam Emomali’s claim that Afghanistan has once again become a “hotbed of terrorism.”

Abdulhamid Khorasani stated that when he was last in Uzbekistan, he met with some representatives of Tajik security services, who asked him to eliminate Taliban leaders in Afghanistan in exchange for money.

“Two people approached me, a man named Ainuddin and another, and directly offered to eliminate the mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and a large number of our compatriots, to organize destabilization, explosions, terror, and other actions contrary to the interests of the Islamic Emirate,” he said.

He also emphasized that “personally Rustam Emomali, the son of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, is directly involved in the destabilization of the situation in Afghanistan, terror, and the killing of Afghan residents.”

However, he did not provide evidence for his claims, but in connection with these meetings and proposals from Tajik special services, he stated: “We have all the evidence, audio recordings, their photographs, and plans.”

Earlier, Abdulhamid Khorasani in his video address stated that when he was in Uzbekistan, he met with some representatives of Tajik security services, who asked him to eliminate at least four individuals from Tajikistan in Afghanistan in exchange for money, but he refused.

The day before, Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban government Abdul Salam Hanafi stated that “extremism” in some neighboring countries of Afghanistan has prompted youth to join terrorist groups.

“They practice Islamophobia so extremely that they say that residents should not visit the mosque until they have gray hair in their beard, prohibit Islamic names, and forbid Muslim women from wearing hijabs. Their extremism has become the main reason why youth in these countries have joined various terrorist groups,” Abdul Salam Hanafi stated during his speech at Kabul University.

Continuing his speech, this high-ranking Taliban official reassured his neighbors that “no one is threatened from the territory of Afghanistan.”

“We want to live in peace with all countries in the region and the world, and to live based on mutual respect,” he added.

The reaction from Taliban representatives came against the backdrop of the statement by Rustam Emomali, the Chairman of the Majlisi Oli (Upper House of Parliament) of Tajikistan, at the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CSTO in Almaty, that Afghanistan has once again become a “breeding ground for terrorism.” During his speech, the elder son of the president stated that more than a thousand religious madrasas have been established on the territory of Afghanistan, most of which are located in close proximity to Tajikistan, where “suicide terrorists are being trained, among others.”