If the Taliban seizes power, Afghanistan will become a 'para state': US
US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken makes the remarks during his visit to India when a Taliban delegation visits China.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blankenship says Afghanistan will become a "paramilitary state" if the Taliban take control by force.
"Afghanistan, a country that does not respect the rights of its people, will become a Peria state that commits atrocities against its own people," Blinken told reporters during his first official visit to India on Wednesday. "
In China, the Taliban leadership assured Beijing that the group would not allow Afghanistan to be used as a base for plotting against any other country.
A delegation, including co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, is in China for talks as the group continues its vigorous operations across Afghanistan, including along its shared border.
Their border is only 76 kilometers (miles) long - and at this rugged altitude without a road.
Taliban spokesman Muhammad Naeem told AFP the concerns were unfounded.
The Islamic Emirate assured China that Afghanistan's territory would not be used against the security of any country; it (China) has promised that it will not interfere in Afghanistan's affairs but instead resolve issues and It will help bring peace. "
Beijing reaffirmed the importance of the talks, led by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
But in Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on the international community to "reconsider the Taliban and their supporters' willingness to accept a political solution."
"In terms of scale, scope and timing, we are facing an attack that is unprecedented in the last 30 years," he warned in a speech on Wednesday.
"These are not 20th-century Taliban, but the revelation of a nexus between international terrorist networks and international national criminal organizations."
In New Delhi, Blinken warned the Taliban that it would have to change if it wanted international acceptance.
"The Taliban say they want international recognition, and they want international support for Afghanistan. Perhaps, they want their leaders to travel freely around the world, lift sanctions, and so on.
"Taking power by force and violating the rights of our people is not the way to achieve these goals."
Analysts say China, whose stated foreign policy status is non-interference in other countries affairs, is skeptical of the Taliban's religious affiliation because of its proximity to Muslim-majority Xinjiang.
But the meeting gives legitimacy to the group seeking international recognition - and a possible diplomatic shield at the United Nations - to link its military march to the entire nation.
"The Afghan Taliban are a major military and political force in Afghanistan," Foreign Ministry spokesman Xiao Lijian told reporters in Beijing.
"China is committed to non-interference in Afghanistan's internal affairs; Afghanistan belongs to the Afghan people," he said, in stark contrast to "the failure of US policy on Afghanistan."
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