New Delhi. The Taliban has removed the governor of Kunar province, citing the news in the Indian media. It is alleged that before being removed from office, the governor had sold the confiscated American weapons worth crores of rupees to foreign terrorist organizations. On 29 August, News18 had revealed the conspiracy of the ISI, under which it is getting Pakistani commanders of the Taliban to be governors in several provinces of Afghanistan.
The News18 story also mentioned Qari Osman, the governor of Kunar province, who hails from Bajaur, Pakistan, in the Gabri area under Mamondo tehsil. Qari Osman’s younger brother Shahidullah is the district governor of Marwara district of Kunar province. Another brother of Qari Osman, Zabiullah was posted with ISI in Bala Hissar area of Peshawar.
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Afghanistan’s counter-terror expert Ajmal Suhail, who closely monitors the ever-changing situation on the ground of Afghanistan, told News18 that the Taliban removed Qari Osman and replaced him by Sheikh al-Hadith cleric Muhammad Qasim, citing news published in the Indian media. Shamim, who hails from Logar province, has been appointed as the governor.
According to sources, Qari Osman had sold weapons worth crores of rupees, including abandoned tanks of the US Army, to foreign terrorists present on Afghan soil. Currently, the Taliban has only removed the Pakistani-origin governor of Kunar Province, but in many provinces of Afghanistan, ISI’s puppet Pakistani civilian governors still remain, through which ISI is holding its hold over most of Afghanistan’s provinces.
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