Kabul – After clashes with three neighboring countries in a month, the Taliban officials say they want to resolve the issues through diplomatic channels.
“The recent tensions between the Taliban and Pakistan on the Durand Line have caused the officials of the two sides to talk to each other,” said Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman on (Tuesday, January 4th).
According to him, the Taliban believe in solving problems through understanding and negotiations and want to resolve the issue using “good neighborliness”.
The Taliban are in talks with the Pakistani government through diplomatic channels, he added.
Moreover, Balkhi also denied cross-border clashes between Taliban forces and the Turkmen military.
He said there were no problems between the two sides and that the Taliban wanted to have a “constructive” and “positive” relationship with all countries, including Turkmenistan, through diplomacy.
Meanwhile, local Taliban officials in Jowzjan had previously confirmed tensions with Turkmen troops in the Khamab district of the province.
However, the Taliban have clashed several times with Iranian, Pakistani, and Turkmen troops over the past month.
Pakistan recently said it had shared its concerns with Taliban officials.
On the other hand, the Pakistani foreign minister has said that its country continues to blockade the Durand Line.
Furthermore, Iran has also said that Taliban forces are unfamiliar with the borders and are acting unprofessionally.
Turkmenistan, however, has not yet responded to tensions with Taliban forces.
