Showing Pakistan’s complicity with the Taliban, visuals of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Faiz Hameed have emerged while praying with the Taliban leadership.
Pictures circulated on social media platforms show Hameed offering prayers led by a Taliban Imam.
Media reports say the viral images also include Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Sheikh Abdul Hakim, who is the group’s former shadow chief justice.
This development comes at a time when reports suggest that Pakistan will be the first guest country of the Taliban-captured Afghanistan.
Reportedly, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will visit Kabul on Sunday to facilitate negotiations between the Taliban and Hazara and Tajik leaders.
US fears IS attack at Kabul airport
The US has warned its citizens to avoid the Kabul airport amid concerns about the potential for attacks by Afghanistan’s branch of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, the BBC reported.
A security alert on Saturday told US citizens to stay away due to possible “security threats outside the gates”.
Only those individually told to make the journey by a US government representative should do so, it said.
US defence officials said they were monitoring developments and looking at alternative routes.
No further details were given about the potential threat of an IS attack, and the group has not publicly threatened to carry out attacks in Kabul.
The US advice on Saturday came amid continued chaos outside the airport terminal and reports of people being crushed as thousands attempt to escape from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.
The militant group swept across the country and captured the capital, Kabul, a week ago.
Crowds have been gathering daily, hoping to be allowed on to a flight.
Those who work with the US and its allies, as well as people who have campaigned on issues like human rights, fear they may face reprisals at the hands of the Taliban if they are unable to leave.
