Why are you killing innocents in Afghanistan?
We take care to ensure that our targets are not the civilian population, but the military. Sometimes, there are a few civilians killed, but the percentage is low. It is the foreigners who kill our civilians with their bombings.
So many civilian lives were lost in the Intercontinental Hotel attack on January 20.
We had intelligence that the US ambassador was there, along with officials of Blackwater Security [a private security firm]. And, there were Afghan officials trying to sign some deals with the Americans. They were our targets.
It doesn’t seem that the US ambassador was there.
The media doesn’t know everything. We had information he was there.
If you really care for Afghanistan, why don’t you join the peace process?
We are against the US; they invaded Afghanistan. We do not want to talk to the Afghan government or the High Peace Council, which has no power. The government could not even kick out a governor [Atta Muhammed Noor of Balkh province, who has refused to step down despite being dismissed by the President Ashraf Ghani].
Do you think Pakistan is really a friend when it is exporting terror on both sides of its border?
Whether Pakistan is a friend of Afghanistan or not is a separate issue, but it has been a neighbour. During the time of the Soviet invasion, millions took refuge in Pakistan.
Pakistan is a colleague of the US and Afghan government. But, the propaganda that Pakistan takes orders from the US is not true. We know Pakistan.
Will Taliban ever come back to power again?
I believe that Afghans will one day control their country and that, one day, Afghanistan will be free of invaders.
What does Taliban think of India?
Taliban and Afghan people want to have good relations with all countries, including India. Historically, we had good relations; we want to keep them.
