The Taliban also demands that their leaders be removed from the UN blacklist, Nader Nadery said.
– It is a comprehensive requirement, he says.
The Taliban have occupied large areas since the United States and NATO began their withdrawal and now claim control of 85 percent of the country.
Border crossings
The Taliban have also taken control of border crossings with neighboring Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Pakistan.
– After two decades of brutality by the Americans and their puppets, this border and the Spin Boldak district have been taken over, says a rebel in a video published by the Taliban.
Tear gas
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Pakistani police used tear gas and clubs to stop hundreds of Afghans trying to cross the border at Spin Boldak, 100 kilometers from the Afghan city of Kandahar.
– They threw stones, which forced us to use tear gas, says a spokesman for the Pakistani security forces at the border crossing, which is 100 kilometers from Kandahar and 140 kilometers from the city of Quetta in Pakistan.
– We had to use clubs for people became completely unruly, says another spokesman.
Peace talks
The government in Kabul is now left with little more than a gathering of provincial capitals that largely have to get supplies and reinforcements to the airways.
A government delegation from Afghanistan is now in place in Qatar for a new round of peace talks with the Taliban.
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