Pakistan is seeking to get the Taliban control two or three provinces in Afghanistan and move their leadership there, acting head of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency National Directorate of Security, said on Tuesday.
Ahmad Zia Siraj, who was addressing parliament’s domestic security commission, said that the Taliban are not willing to make peace, rather they try to seize power through military means.
While the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly suicide attack at a funeral in Nangarhar province, Siraj claimed that the attack has been planned by the Taliban.
Meanwhile, chief of army staff, Bismillah Waziri, said the Taliban carried out 630 attacks in different parts of the country in the past week alone.
Acting Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi said that the Taliban increased violence since signing peace deal with the United States as compared to similar period last year.
At the hearing, lawmakers expressed concern regarding rising violence across the country.
Arif Rahmani, an MP representing Ghazni, warned that some cities could collapse if serious measures are not taken.
This comes as the Taliban launched attacks on the outskirts of Kunduz city last night.
The Defense Ministry said that the attacks were repelled and that 40 militants were killed and 50 others were wounded. The Taliban confirmed death of their five fighters.
