Masood Andarabi, former Minister of Interior of Afghanistan under the republic, said during a live audio discussion on X Spaces that the Taliban have now entered a war with Pakistan under India’s influence.
According to Andarabi, New Delhi seeks to use the Taliban as a tool against Islamabad, indirectly supporting actions that have fueled growing tensions between the two sides.
He stated that Pakistan hosted the Taliban for years and taught them how to use media and conduct information warfare, but the same group has now turned against Islamabad.
“Pakistan itself nurtured the Taliban to fight against the former Afghan government, and now it is trapped in the fire it once lit,” Andarabi said.
The former minister emphasized that this conflict should not generate sympathy for the Taliban, describing it as a proxy confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Andarabi warned that Afghanistan has entered a new phase of the India–Pakistan rivalry, and if the situation continues, the country could become a direct battlefield between the two regional powers — a war that, he said, would ultimately benefit India the most.
