But the
Taleban under Mullah Haibatullah, the successor of Mullah Mansoor who was killed in a US drone attack in May, have questioned Hekmatyar's motive for suing for peace.
It has imposed itself as the most powerful subversive movement one that has been tremendously successful at accomplishing what it set out to do and that is posing a serious challenge to other militant organisations from the
Taleban to Hamas, says Fawaz Gerges, a professor of contemporary Middle Eastern studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Taleban militants launched a massive offensive against the Sangin district of Helmand province last June, which left more than 300 people including civilians dead or injured.
Firefights often last around 15 or 20 minutes as the
Taleban know how long it takes for troops to call in helicopter gun ships or mortar barrages.
Mottaki complained quite vocally Sunday about the Western powers, saying they were trying to rescue their failed policies in Afghanistan by negotiating with the
Taleban. "We advise them to think about consequences of the talks [with the Taleban]," he said.
The more the US and Nato forces kill and destroy
Taleban, the more they seem to grow, multiplying like those zombie soldiers in the Hollywood productions, The Mummy II and III.
The
Taleban has introduced a strict version of Islamic laws in more than 90 percent of Afghanistan.
Chanting "death to the
Taleban" and "death to America," the protesters carried six coffins, cloaked in Iran's red, white and green flag, to Tehran University, where Friday prayers were held.
For example, everybody's stopped talking to the official Afghan government and started negotiating with the
Taleban, trying to get them to stop winning more land every month and just agree to peace terms; an exercise made infinitely more complicated than it has to be due to the
Taleban's refusal to even recognise the government in Kabul.
Also that he thinks Pakistan might be good for more than just exercising influence over the
Taleban. If Trump thinks something will make him look good, he'll do it, regardless of the mess on the ground; think occupied Jerusalem, Golan, etc.
Pistachio forests in Herat and Badghis are arming the government's opponents including the
Taleban.
In a meeting with Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan's top security adviser in Kabul on Sunday, Ghani emphasized that the two countries should discard the practice of blaming each other every time there is an attack by the
Taleban on both sides of their border.