Afghanistan’s former indoors minister Ali Ahmad Jalali can be the country’s subsequent president because the Taliban reached the gates of Kabul, equipped to take a charge of the country even as incumbent President Ashraf Ghani discovered himself an increasing number of remoted withinside the combat towards the Islamic Emirate.
According to a noticeably located Afghan reputable with direct information of the sizzling tempo of traits, Jalali is a compromise candidate who's applicable each to the Afghan authorities and the Taliban. As of Sunday afternoon, Jalali becomes being flown from Washington, in which he presently lives and works on the National Defense University, to Kabul, the reputable said.
“The speedy fall of one-1/3 of Afghanistan provincial capitals inside one week belies the much-hyped claims of the tenacity of the Afghan National Defense and protection forces as they rapid crumbled withinside the face of advancing rebel fighters,” Jalali tweeted on thirteen August.
“This brings to thoughts an antique army adage,” Jalali introduced in any other tweet, saying, “Those who ruled properly did now no longer arm; folks who have been armed properly did now no longer draw conflict traces; folks who drew conflict traces properly did now no longer combat; folks who fought properly did now no longer lose; folks who misplaced properly did now no longer perish.”
The dramatic traits over the past forty-eight hours — for the duration of which all of the primary towns along with Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad, Kandahar and Herat have fallen — has lent credence to the perception that the Taliban will dictate phrases to the Afghan republic in addition to to the relaxation of the worldwide community.
Taliban’s Mohammed Abbas Stanekzai and Mullah Baradar, pinnacle leaders of the Islamic Emirate situated in Qatar who've been in negotiations with the Americans and Afghan representatives in Doha this beyond a year, reached Kabul Sunday.
They have been obtained with the aid of using the top of the High Council for National Reconciliation group, Dr Abdullah Abdullah, indicating popularity with the aid of using the Afghans in addition to the United States of a grim reality.
The arrival of the Taliban leaders is, of course, a signal of practice to take over Kabul, the Afghan reputable said, however, Afghan negotiators also are retaining out at the form of takeover.
Dr Abdullah is probable to move the negotiating team, as he has been doing for the duration of the Doha talks; he sincerely is aware of the Taliban the best.