KABUL – Rahmatullah Nabil, a presidential candidate and former head of theNational Directorate of Security (NDS), said the Taliban does not believein democracy and peace and the group is seeking to take over the “wholepower” in the country.
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said in his Eid statement on Saturdaythat the group is not seeking to monopolize power and that they want a“real share” of all Afghans in government.
Nabil, who addressed his supporters at a gathering in Kabul on Sunday,called on Afghan politicians not to be deceived by the Taliban’s positionon the peace process in Afghanistan.
“Taliban wants to establish an Islamic emirate in Afghanistan and thenbring weak-minded people as technocrats in government. Neither have they(Taliban) endorsed elections nor democracy,” he said.
Nabil said the way the Afghan political elites and US SpecialRepresentative for Afghanistan Reconciliation are dealing with the peaceprocess in Afghanistan is “wrong”.
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“In the meetings where we have representatives of foreign countries isin-fact giving legitimacy to the Taliban and misinterpreting theexplanation of the enemy,” Nabil as said as he stressed the need forrecognizing “foe and friend” when it comes to peace talks.
“No one is against peace, but we should differentiate between peace andcompromise. The deal will push the country towards crisis. I don’t see anydoubt in the intention of those attended Moscow talks, but their approachis wrong because Afghans have paid the price for such discussions, but theTaliban and other countries were benefited,” said Nabil.
