RASC News Agency: The Afghanistan Freedom Front has recently issued a warning in response to Kazakhstan removing the Taliban from the list of banned groups, asserting that this action holds adverse implications for the global community. Addressing this issue in a statement released on December 29th, the Freedom Front expressed gratitude for Russia’s stance in delisting the Taliban from terrorist groups but expressed concern about Kazakhstan’s decision. The Freedom Front argues that the Taliban, driven by “intimidation and manipulation,” has disrupted Afghanistan’s law-based intelligence structure, forcefully imposing their terrorist control over the populace.
In its statement, the Freedom Front declares, “Regional and transregional countries should draw a lesson from Pakistan’s support for the Taliban in Afghanistan and the threats posed by the Pakistani Taliban, backed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, to the stability and security of that country. In a recent statement, this front reported that various terrorist groups in Afghanistan, including the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, purportedly aiming to propagate terrorism and extremism in the Middle Asia, persist in their activities under the influence of the Taliban.
The Freedom Front deems any attempt to normalize relations with the Taliban as a “potential and actual threat” to the peace and security of Afghanistan, the region, and the wider world. According to the opposing Freedom Front, the Taliban’s relationships with other terrorist groups are so intricate and organic that their disentanglement is deemed impossible, extending even to familial ties. The Freedom Front underscores that these connections have evolved to the level of familial bonds.
Commenting on the Taliban’s military maneuvers against terrorist groups, the Freedom Front asserts that these actions are “demonstrative” and adds, “The Taliban’s movements, masquerading as counter-terrorism efforts, are a mere show directed towards safeguarding the interests of their terrorist allies, especially in northern Afghanistan and, consequently, in the Middle Asia.”
The Afghanistan Freedom Front, in its statement, further insists that Kazakhstan should reassess its decision. It stresses that removing the Taliban from the list of terrorist groups, considering the group’s lack of official recognition by any country and its persistent violation of the fundamental rights of the Afghanistani people, can convey a negative message to the people of Afghanistan, the region, and the global community.
