Former Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai has strongly criticized the de facto administration’s recent high-level diplomatic engagements with foreign envoys, specifically targeting recent bilateral discussions between Taliban representatives and Indian officials.
Responding to expanding political and economic contacts between Kabul and foreign capitals, Achakzai claimed that the de facto leadership’s foreign policy maneuvering risks aligning Afghanistan with an external alignment of states—specifically referencing India, Russia, and Israel. He warned that such strategic realignments threaten to transform the region into an arena for renewed geopolitical rivalries and cross-border tensions.
Achakzai emphasized that the Taliban leadership’s “short-sightedness and narrow-mindedness” has led to an over-reliance on a “proxy economy,” depending on external political leverages rather than sustainable domestic economic reforms. According to Achakzai, tying Afghanistan’s national infrastructure and financial stability to foreign political agendas has halted genuine socio-economic development and long-term prosperity for the Afghan populace.
His remarks come amid growing security and diplomatic friction between Islamabad and Kabul. Pakistani security officials have repeatedly warned that allowing external regional powers or armed anti-Pakistan proxies to operate under the umbrella of the de facto administration will undermine regional transit integration and complicate cross-border stability along the Durand Line.