The delegation of the Taliban movement held negotiations in Iran with the leader of the National Resistance of Afghanistan (FTS) Akhmad Masud and the former Governor of the Afghan Province Gerat Mohammad Ismail Khan, reports Tolonews with reference to the statement of the Delegation – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan Amir-Khan Muttaki.
Yes, we met with Akhmad Masud, Ismail Khan and other Afghans. We assured them all that they can return to Afghanistan and live a quiet life, “said Muttaki after a meeting in Tehran.
FTS officially did not confirm the intention to make a meeting, but the representative of the movement Hafiz Mansur stated that she really had a place.
The delegation of the Taliban went to Tehran on January 8th. Initially, the Afghan motion stated that the representatives of the Taliban will meet only with Iranian officials to discuss a number of economic, social and other issues. The meeting of the Taliban delegation with Masud and Ismail Khan in the Iranian capital – the first contact of this kind after the two recent were forced to leave Afghanistan, notes “Fergana”.
Ahmad Masood – the Son of the Field Commander Ahmad Shah Masuda in 2001. After Kabul’s class “Taliban” in August 2021, he headed the FTS, who entered into an armed confrontation with the Taliban in the province of Panjscher. Ismail-Khan in the 1980s combined around himself the formation of Mujahideen and became the largest field commander in the west of Afghanistan, his units fought with the Soviet presence in the country. After the departure of the Soviet troops from the country, he led the Tajik anti-Libeous militia, and after the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, he worked for a short time as the governor of Herat’s province. In 2021, again collected a militia to confront the Taliban, but was captured. On August 17, Taliban liberated Ismail-Khan from custody in exchange for emigration from the country, after which he went to Iran.