The Taliban does not consider “Jamaat Ansarullah” a terrorist group

The Taliban stated that they do not recognize the terrorist group “Jamaat Ansarullah,” which recently changed its name to “Tehrik Taliban Tajikistan” (Movement Taliban of Tajikistan).

According to the BBC, the head of the Afghan Foreign Ministry, Amir Khan Muttaqi, during a conversation at the Center for Strategic Studies in Islamabad, stated that “there is not a single terrorist group in Afghanistan.”

“The fact that they say there are several terrorist groups in Afghanistan is just propaganda that has been conducted against us for the last 20 years. Not just a few, let them find at least one. They have no facts. This is just an effort to discredit us,” said the Taliban foreign minister.

The minister also stated that some members of “Tehrik Taliban Pakistan” (Movement Taliban of Pakistan) reside in Afghanistan, but they are not allowed to carry out their activities against Pakistan, as, according to him, “this is not in the interests of either the Taliban or Pakistan.”

After the United Nations lifted the travel ban on Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Afghan foreign minister traveled to Pakistan two days ago to participate in the fifth meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan.

Although the Taliban foreign minister stated that nothing threatens neighboring countries from Afghan territory, the authorities of Tajikistan have repeatedly expressed concern about the activation of more than ten terrorist groups on Afghan territory.