Taliban: We do not need cooperation with America

The defense minister in the Taliban government dismissed Western allegations of an al-Qaeda presence in Afghanistan and said, "We don't see any need for negotiations or cooperation with the US."According to the AAA news agency, Mullah Muhammad Yaqub Mujahid said that Kabul will not allow anyone to threaten other countries of the world from Afghanistan, and reports of the presence of al-Qaeda fighters as military advisers to the Taliban in Afghanistan are false.

He also called Daesh a turmoil against the Islamic Ummah and reported on the attacks by the Taliban on the positions of this terrorist group and specified that there were no Daesh militants in the ranks of the Taliban.The editor-in-chief of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, Bill Rogio, said on Thursday that the Taliban supported al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and provided safe haven for its fighters. He added: "Since the occupation of Afghanistan by the US military, the Taliban have supported al-Qaeda and are now supporting it."Research from the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracy think tank focuses on US national security and foreign policy.