Saikal also said that a fresh UN report establishes the symbiotic ties between ISIL-K, Taliban and the al-Qaeda. Pakistan had birthed Taliban in an attempt to counter India, a former Afghan envoy has said citing former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf. Mahmoud Saikal, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan and Ambassador to the UN and Australia on Saturday tweeted, “According …
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 18 Afghanistan has welcomed the exemption from the Iran sanctions given by the US for the India-developed Chabahar Port project. "We appreciate the collaboration and flexibility of our strategic partner, the US to work with Afghanistan, Iran and India towards exempting the port from its sanctions," Afghanistan's Permanent Representative Mahmoud Saikal told the Security …