Pakistan's support for terrorism can hurt it, says Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay

Emphasizing that the security situation in Afghanistan is fluid and deteriorating, the Afghan envoy told ANI that Taliban needs to cease violence and there should be an end to the bloodshed.

The political situation in Afghanistan is witnessing a rapid change in recent times as foreign forces are slowly moving out of the country and the Taliban forces capturing several regions that have witnessed years of wars.

Mamundzay speaking to ANI said, "We have from time to time said the presence of shuras [Quetta Shura is a militant organization comprising leaders of the Afghan Taliban, and believed to be based within the city of Quetta in the Balochistan province of Pakistan] in Quetta and Peshawar and elsewhere in Pakistan has been something of great concern to us. Their families still live there. You may remember that the Taliban delegation visited for a consultation to Pakistan. So yes they have the support infrastructure currently present in Pakistan. We would want to see that change."

"We are concerned about the recent intensity of violence and we call on Taliban to cease the violence since the withdrawal of international forces is complete to a large extent and remaining forces are leaving Afghanistan. Soon it's time to put an end to the bloodshed of innocent people and stop fighting with their own forces," Farid Mamundzay added.

He said Afghanistan is not moving towards 'dark age'.

We are having a turbulent time. We must remember there were 40 plus NATO member countries fighting the war on terror and after their withdrawal, it was expected that we would go through a difficult period and we are in that difficult time now," Farid said.