The Taliban claim 85% of the Afghan territory under its control

• The Taliban stated that they have not reached an agreement with the United States not to attack the administrative center under the control of Kabul.
• The Taliban negotiators stated that the U.S. withdrawal was the result of the Taliban taking the Afghan population to its side based on “Islamic principles.
• The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Taliban “currently control about two-thirds of the border between Afghanistan and the former Soviet Union Tajikistan.”

Moscow: The Afghan Taliban claimed on Friday that 85% of Afghanistan’s territory is under their control because the organization continues to attack despite the withdrawal of US troops.

At a press conference in Moscow, Taliban negotiator Shahabddin Drava stated that “85% of Afghanistan’s territory” is under the control of the organization, including about 250 of the country’s 398 regions.

“All administrative agencies and hospitals continue to work in this territory. We have ensured their functions,” he said, calling on international organizations “not to interrupt their tasks.”

Delaware said that the U.S. withdrawal was the result of the Taliban taking the Afghan population to its side based on “Islamic principles.”

“The United States was forced to leave our territory,” he said.

He added that the Taliban had not reached an agreement with the United States not to attack the administrative center still under the control of Kabul.

“These are our internal affairs,” Delaware said.

This week, after the Taliban launched a fierce offensive in northern Afghanistan, more than 1,000 Afghan troops fled to Tajikistan.

The Afghan authorities vowed to retake all areas taken by the organization and deployed hundreds of commandos to counter their offensive in the north.

Moscow is watching this offensive closely, worrying about the security of the Central Asian countries where it has military bases.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that the Taliban “currently control about two-thirds of the border between Afghanistan and the former Soviet Union Tajikistan.”

On Thursday, the Taliban delegation met with the Kremlin’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, in Moscow, and the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that it has received assurances that the borders of Central Asia will not be violated.

US President Joe Biden defended his country’s withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on Thursday, even though he admitted that Kabul is “very unlikely” to control the entire country.