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Foreign Ministry has responded to a recent UN Security Council report by vehemently denying the presence of thousands of al-Qaeda and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, aka Pak Taliban, fighters in Afghanistan.
According to the UN Security Council monitoring group, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra...
has renewed his allegiance and loyalty to the Taliban leader in Kandahar.
Several thousand Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) fighters are also present and active in Afghanistan, according to the report.
In response to the UN Security Council report released on Monday, 30th May, the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement, responding that "under Taliban rule, Afghanistan has been prevented from threatening countries in the region and around the world."
The Taliban would not allow anyone or any group to use Afghan soil against other countries, according to the Ministry, and would uphold its anti-terrorism commitments.
The Taliban called for legitimacy in the declaration so that it could report the security situation from Afghanistan to the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
through a legitimate representative.
However,
a woman is only as old as she admits...
during the past nine months, the Taliban have not been able to secure Afghanistan’s UN representative, which is still held by the previous administration representative.
Only four countries have accepted Taliban diplomats to undertake diplomatic missions during that nine-month period.
Human rights violations, deprivation of women’s individual and social freedoms, restrictions on the media, and the use of violence and against the people are the key reasons why the Taliban are stuck in such political and economic isolation.