Former Afghan leader: Taliban is thinking about how to get nuclear weapons

The 11th round of the "Herat Security Conference" began yesterday Monday in the city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, attended by political figures and representatives from more than 20 countries and international organizations. According to the Shafaqna news agency, Rahmatullah Nabil, the former head of Afghanistan's national security, said in the meeting that there is a possibility that the Taliban will get the weapons from Pakistan or by paying engineers to be able to own the weapons. Nabil has pointed out the lack of a common policy in the region in relation to the Taliban and said, the opinions and attitudes that exist are very different; some see Afghanistan as a black hole and others see it as an opportunity. However, the way to return Afghanistan to its people needs to resolve these different perspectives. This is reported in a situation where, recently, Pakistani media reported that, after increasing security tensions in relations between Kabul and Islamabad, Pakistan has changed its policy regarding the Taliban and decided not to support the "Afghan Taliban file" at the level of international. According to those sources, the change in Pakistan's policy regarding the Taliban has reduced the possibility of the group's government being recognized at the international level. This is despite the fact that after the Taliban group came back to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, Pakistan emerged as a supporter and defender of the Kabul government and called on the international community, especially Western countries, to establish contact with the Taliban.../