This story was first published by Amu TV.
A senior Taliban official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Amu on Wednesday that a key sticking point in this week’s negotiations with Pakistan in Istanbul was a demand to curtail the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — a request the Taliban refused, calling it “not their responsibility.”
The Taliban source said the Pakistani delegation had pushed for explicit guarantees that the Afghan side would prevent cross-border attacks by TTP militants. The Taliban, in turn, argued that their obligation only extends to preventing attacks originating from Afghan soil — not policing a group they consider Pakistan’s internal issue.
“We made it clear that if anyone tries to launch an attack from Afghanistan into Pakistan, we will stop them,” the Taliban official said. “But what happens inside Pakistan is not our task.”
In response, the Taliban delegation presented its own set of concerns. According to the same official, they requested that Islamabad prevent
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