Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid opens up on fooling US, Afghan forces

 

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the US and Afghan forces considered him a ‘ghost-like’ figure.

In an unexpected press conference in Afghanistan, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid appeared before the media for the first time in a decade and talked about how he had kept the Afghan and US forces fooled about his presence throughout this period.

Mujahid said that the US and Afghan forces had considered him a ‘ghost-like' figure during the war and he had been living in Kabul, the country’s capital, right under their noses. This news comes a month after the Taliban took over Kabul and assumed control over the country.

The spokesperson of the insurgent group further talked about how he had been operating in the shadows all this while, keeping the US and Afghan forces in the dark about his existence. He also said that he had studied in Haqqania seminary in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan, which is known as Taliban University or the University of Jihad across the world.