Mohseni also said Pakistan will discover the Taliban’s attitude to the country will change and Pakistan should expect to be surprised by the independence the Taliban will show in the weeks and months ahead. He said: “The Taliban will be receptive to overtures from India” adding “they want to balance their dependence on Pakistan”. ![]() In the interview, Mohseni said India was one of the top three countries trusted by the Afghan people and he called to the Indian government to establish contact with the Taliban. Most shops are shut and the Afghani, the country’s currency, is in free fall. ![]() He said Kabul is calm because “it’s people are scared”. He said reports that in contrast to the confusion and chaos at the airport, the city of Kabul is calm are not untrue “but that calmness is deceptive”. Many Afghans, who accepted or were resigned to Taiban rule in the hope it would bring calm, are now disillusioned and deeply disappointed. Mohseni said the dreadful bombs of Thursday night have “busted the myth of the Taliban” that it can provide peace and calm. ![]() He said there are already reports of ISIS violence and killings in the east of the country. In a 40-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Mohseni said there was a vacuum of governance in Afghanistan and “ISIS can take advantage of this”.
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