KABUL: Taliban did not want to fight government forces in the cities of Afghanistan, a senior rebel leader said on Tuesday when militants also warned Turkey by extending the presence of his troops.
The rebels have swept most of the North Afghanistan in recent weeks, and the government now holds a little more than the constellation of provincial capital which most must be strengthened and guaranteed by air.
On Tuesday, the Chief of the Taliban Commission who oversees government forces who surrendered to rebels urged the population of the city to reach them.
“Now that the battle of the mountain and desert has reached the doors of the city, Mujahiddin does not want to fight in the city,” said Amir Khan Muttaqi in a message tweeted by a Taliban spokesman, using another term for the group.
“It’s better …
to use channels that might be to contact us with our invitation and guide commissions,” he said, adding this will “prevent their city broken”.
The strategy is the one worn by the Taliban – especially during their first increase in the 1990s – cut down the city centers and districts and made the elders to negotiate surrender.
In a separate statement on Tuesday, the Taliban said Turkey’s decision to provide security to Kabul Airport when US led troops went “despicable”.
“We consider the stay of foreign troops in our homeland by any country under any pretext as work,” said the group, the days after Ankara agreed with Washington to provide security for Kabul airport.
When foreign forces end up with their withdrawal – because it will be completed on August 31 – the situation on the ground changes rapidly.
The top US general in Afghanistan let go of his command Monday at a ceremony in the capital, the latest symbolic movement brought the longest war of America closer to the tip.
Withdrawal rate – and various attacks launched by the Taliban – has raised concerns that Afghan security forces can quickly be overwhelmed, especially without vital US air support.
About 650 American service members are expected to remain in Kabul, keeping extensive diplomatic compounds in Washington.
But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he had approved the United States in the “scope” of how to secure Kabul Airport.
The consideration of peace between militants and the government is said to occur in Doha mostly tempted, and the Taliban now appears in a complete military victory.
But claims by hardline groups to control 85 percent of the countries are not possible to verify independently – and are highly debated by the government.
Last week in Moscow, a banner of the Taliban delegation said the group was now controlling more than half of the district in the country – a claim with Mantas was rejected by a spokesman for security forces Ajmal Omar Shinwari.
However, the situation has been worried about foreign countries, and on Sunday India became the last country to evacuate some of its diplomats.
On Monday, Russia announced it moved several diplomats to Uzbekistan, while China also evacuated 210 citizens from Afghanistan.