[Reuters]India and Iran say Afghanistan would not go backwards regarding return of the Islamic Emirate used by Taliban in their five-year-long rule on Kabul, reports Afghanistan Times. "We need to put our differences aside and focus on our commons including the reality that the Islamic Emirate is an existential threat against Pakistan and a national security threat for Iran and India," said Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. "This is an illusion to think that what India does in Afghanistan indirectly targets Pakistan. Both the countries said that it would be impossible for Afghanistan to return to the totalitarian Islamic state established in September 1996, when the Taliban began their governance of Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul. A survey launched by the media outlets think that the US withdrawal would be followed by internal war, reported Afghanistan Times.

Source: Standard Digital April 28, 2021 06:51 UTC