The deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Islamic Emirate said that Afghanistan will never recognize the Durand Line as a border.

Speaking at a gathering in Logar on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Afghanistan, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai said that Afghanistan’s territory is still on the other side of the line.

The deputy FM stated that the requirement of visas and passports to travel "to Afghanistan" is not acceptable to the Afghanistan people.

“We have never recognized Durand and will never recognize it, today half of Afghanistan is separated and is on the other side of the Durand Line. Durand is the line which was drawn by the English on the heart of Afghans. And today our neighboring country deports the refugees in a very cruel manner and they are being told to return to their country,” said Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the deputy foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate.

Although he did not name a specific country, Stanikzai claimed that foreigners are working to weaken the Islamic Emirate.

Stanikzai said that there is no opponent that can be trained against the Islamic Emirate.

“We clearly tell the foreigners that no one should try to weaken the Islamic Emirate or destroy the Islamic Emirate. They cannot do it, because today we are united, and we have no opponents to train them against us to destroy the Islamic Emirate,” added Stanikzai.

The deputy foreign minister criticized anti-Islamic Emirate gatherings and added that the disagreement of former Afghan government officials is in league with Westerners.

“The political opponents of the Taliban have raised the issue of sharing political power as one of their main options, an issue that the international community raises in the form of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, and they try to get the Taliban to satisfy this issue,” said Farhad Ibrar, a political analyst.

Earlier, other high-ranking officials of the Islamic Emirate have also criticized the gatherings of Islamic Emirates opponents abroad and countries that host such meetings.