‘Taliban didn’t plan to assassinate Ashraf Ghani after takeover’
Baradar added that Mullah Hebtullah Akhundzada, supreme leader of the Taliban, has announced a general amnesty that is applicable to all, including the former President.
Baradar added that Mullah Hebtullah Akhundzada, supreme leader of the Taliban, has announced a general amnesty that is applicable to all, including the former President.
Shinwari disclosed this for the first time in a televised interview on the fall of the regime. He revealed in an interview that five days before the fall of the regime (Sunday, August 15), at a meeting of the National Security Council, information about a plot to assassinate President Ghani was leaked and shared with security official, the report said.
Senior Taliban leader Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani said: "there is no enmity" between the group and Ghani, Saleh, and former National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib.
Right after the Taliban stormed into Kabul, reports broke that the President had fled the country to Tajikistan while some reports claimed Uzbekistan. The Russian Embassy in Kabul had said that Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash.
Afghan media reported the retreat of Afghan national police from their outposts around the capital left the city in chaos and allow the city to be looted and plundered easily.
Pompeo is set to meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani along with his archrival Abdullah Abdullah, who also claims the presidency.
The deal would contribute to bringing stability back to Afghanistan and promote regional and international security.
The intra-Afghan talks which were slated to begin on March 10 in Oslo were delayed because of the issues over the timing of the Taliban prisoner release.
Talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government to end the war will run parallel with the release, the decree said.
The sticking point of disagreement between the Taliban and Afghan government stems from different clauses in the peace deal and the Kabul declaration.
