The Taliban on Wednesday carried out raids on Indian embassies in Kandahar and Herat and took away parked vehicles from both premises.
The Taliban searched cupboards for papers in the Indian consulate in Kandahar, meanwhile, the detail of Jalalabad’s consulate is not known yet.
At Herat, they entered the consulate compound and took away the vehicles without making forcible entry into the consulate.
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The Talibani militia has been conducting door-to-door searches in Kabul to identify Afghans who worked for the state-run intelligence agency National Directorate of Security (NDS).
Nearly 6000 cadres of militia led by Anas Haqqani, have taken control of Kabul and have been carrying out various raids. Anas is the brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the terrorist group and deputy leader of the Taliban.
Anas Haqqani even met former president Hamid Karzai, Chairman HCNR Abdullah Abdullah, and Hezb-e-Islami veteran Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to discuss the recent revelations.
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Negotiations with Karzai and Abdullah have been going on to ensure a formal handover of power to the Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in a staged event inside the Presidential palace.
Sirajuddin Haqqani is said to be passing on instructions from Quetta, where the Taliban’s council of leaders, the Quetta Shura is based.
However, the movements of both Abdullah and Karzai are controlled by the Taliban itself.
The other faction of Taliban, controlled by Mullah Yaqoob – son of late Mullah Omar and head of Taliban military commission – is planning to take the power of the country from Kabul to Kandahar, the traditional seat of Pashtuns. It was in Kandahar that Mullah Yaqoob’s father was declared Emir ul Momeen on April 4, 1996.
While India and its close allies are waiting to see further developments, the Taliban has been getting from Britain, whose Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Nick Carter has been openly vouching for the terrorist organization, suggesting that everyone should give them a chance.
