Taliban attacks in collusion with Pakistan based LeT, other terror groups, claims Afghanistan

Afghanistan foreign minister Haneef Atmar said that actions by the Taliban have led to the killing of more than 3,000 people and displaced over 3,00,000.

New Delhi: For the first time, the Afghanistan government has publically named Pakistan-based terror groups supporting the Taliban amid the ongoing escalation of violence in the country. Afghan foreign minister Haneef Atmar on Tuesday (August 3, 2021) briefed foreign envoys based in Kabul on the situation in the country and how actions by the Taliban have led to the killing of more than 3,000 people and displacing over 3,00,000. Atmar noted that the Taliban attacks were carried out in direct collusion with more than 10,000 regional terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ansarullah, Jundallah, al-Qaeda, East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a readout of Afghan foreign ministry said. Atmar also pointed out the recent massacre of more than 100 people in Spin Boldak, forced marriages, destruction of more than 300 public infrastructures, and suspension of services in Taliban-controlled areas.