their leaders are in pakistan. the pakistanis have not denied this. they openly say they have influence, and that the leaders are in pakistan, living in their country. they are provided with health care for their injured and supplies and ammunition. so we think that, yes, it s the taliban doing fighting the war, but it s a proxy war. the taliban may be the army that conducts it, but the brains of management, the puppeteering, happens from pakistan. but the prime minister, imran khan s, argument is that the moment the united states withdrew, there was no reason for the taliban to listen to them any more because they were winning the war on the ground. do you accept that? well, the united states announced their withdrawal this
year, whereas the taliban have had safe havens in pakistan for 20 years. so i think that s just an excuse. and i, you know, i m not sure if prime minister imran khan really is the person who has any control over this. there is the military establishment that has the control over their policy towards afghanistan and what they want to achieve through the taliban in our country. ok, so when your president accused islamabad of not stopping thousands ofjihadi fighters coming over the border in the past month, do you think islamabad could have stopped them? absolutely. you suggest that you can stop the advance of the taliban, but if you are to gain control again, you need to get the supply routes and retake border crossings like that in spin boldak, don t you? absolutely.
and pakistan. but where we see problem is that the rank and file do not seem to be obeying those orders, orat least are respecting those orders. so that s where we become doubtful of what it is that the taliban or what it is that the pakistani establishment actually want to do or if there is any control over it. now, it couldn t be a rogue entity that wishes to do whatever it wants to do, and then the officials go and deny it, but it happens. so what we want to see is have a serious negotiation and serious discussion with pakistan to end these hostilities that exist between our two countries. the prime minister, imran khan, said if any country is trying its best out of all the countries
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