Afghans broke chains of enslavement, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan post Taliban takeover

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed on Monday that Afghans had "broken the chains of enslavement in the nation," a day after the Taliban took power in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani fled the war-torn country. He further said when you accept someone's culture, you feel it is superior and become a prisoner to it. He added that it takes more effort to liberate your mind from mental enslavement, and Afghans have broken free from the bonds of servitude.

After the US-backed Afghan government fell and deposed President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, Taliban rebels stormed Kabul on Sunday, marking an extraordinary end to a two-decade effort in which the US and its allies attempted to change the war-ravaged nation. Pakistan is accused of supporting the Taliban uprising, which culminated in the country's recapture after it was ejected approximately 20 years ago.

Meanwhile, Imran Khan will preside over a meeting of Pakistan's security committee on Monday to review the developing situation in neighbouring Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi stated in a statement that Pakistan would express its position on the current situation after talks with the National Security Committee. Pakistam PM Imran Khan has directed Qureshi to make contact with Afghanistan's neighbouring nations the following week.

On Sunday, the Taliban seized the last major city outside of Kabul held by the country's government, and later the insurgents began moving towards Kabul following the overnight collapse of the two remaining cities of Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad. 
 

• Pakistan
• Imran Khan
• Afghanistan
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