New Delhi: As the Taliban is all set to announce the formation of the new government amid the ongoing clashes in the Panjshir valley, the Pakistan ISI chief Gen. Faiz Hamid arrived in Kabul on Saturday. He was invited by the Taliban leadership council. According to reports, Pak envoy to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan received him. Faiz Hameed is one of the highest-ranking foreign officials to travel to Kabul since the Taliban takeover.
Although there is no clarity in the purpose of his visit, according to Nisar Ahmad Sherzai, leader of the Afghanistan Democratic People's Party and a political-civil activist, who is in constant touch with the Northern Alliance in Panjshir Valley said the ISI chief is in Kabul to review the govt formation and mediate between the groups. He said that it is the ISI chief who will help the Taliban to form the government and reorganize the Afghan military.
One of the Pak Journalists tweeted, “Whatever meetings I will be having, my Ambassador @ambmansoorkhan will be the one arranging them. We are working for peace and stability in Afghanistan”, says DG ISI Lt Gen Faiz Hameed during an off-the-cuff interaction with the media upon arrival in Kabul".