NDS deputy tells Senate Taliban taking orders from Pakistan

The Afghan National Security Directorate of Afghanistan (NDS) said Tuesday that the Taliban has no authority in making a decision in the Afghan peace process as the group is “taking orders from Pakistan.”

The national spy agency claimed that Pakistan has called Taliban commanders to Peshawar and Quetta in preparation for the Taliban’s spring offensive.

Briefing Afghan Senate members in the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament), Deputy NDS Chief Nazar Ali Wahidi, stated: “The Taliban has no authority to make a decision at the peace talks. They implement what Pakistan orders them to do. Preparations for spring offensives have been taking place in Peshawar and Quetta. A new war is planned and we are also prepared to thwart it.”

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense stated that the Afghan forces are ready to respond to the Taliban’s new fighting season as it has supplied all military corps across the country.

“We have completed the supply process to military corps. We are ready for any threat and the security forces are committed to defending the country,” Iqbal Ali Naderi Deputy Chief of Army Staff told Senators.

Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Anwar Baripal, said: “We are working on a joint plan. Our target is to maintain security. If the opposition (Taliban) attempts to capture the provinces we are prepared to prevent their attacks.”