Click to play videoKabul: In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, former Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef has claimed that the Taliban did not see India as an enemy. Speaking to Foreign Affairs Editor Surya Gangadharan, Zaeef said that Mulllah Omar is still the Taliban leader.
Zaeef, who now lives in Kabul once reported directly to the Taliban chief Mullah Omar. He also oversaw Taliban forces in Kabul and was Mullah Omar's choice for Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan.
"They [Taliban] did not support anyone against India. But they have relationships with the Muslims. The Lashkar-e-Taiba... they are terrorist for you...but for me... no."
Zaeef also rejected Taliban's involvement in the Kandahar hijack and denied supporting terrorist groups.
According to Zaeef, India was at fault for not giving diplomatic recognition to the Taliban emirate. He insisted that Taliban never saw India as an enemy but alleged that India was running prisons in Afghanistan.
" Afghanistan is weak, Afghanistan has to be neutral, India and Pakistan no different for us, they need to fight on their border."
Zaeef also claimed that India and Pakistan were fighting a proxy war in his country.
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