Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said that US drones continue to patrol the skies of Afghanistan, entering from the airspace of “some neighbouring countries”, and violating Afghanistan’s sovereignty.

Afghan media on Saturday extensively reported Zabihullah Mujahid’s interview given to the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB where he repeated the Taliban’s call for the drone flights to end, saying they must be stopped “as soon as possible” while describing them as a breach of Afghanistan’s airspace. He said that Taliban authorities have raised their objections in the limited meetings available to them.

“Mujahid did not specify which neighbouring country’s airspace the drones reportedly crossed before entering Afghanistan, although he has previously accused Pakistan of provid

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