Welcoming the Taliban and snubbing the US, Rashid in another interview last week had also revealed that Pakistan is unwilling to shelter the US troop for a long time.
Amrullah Saleh, 48, the face of the Afghan resistance, believes the Taliban would crumble without Pakistan's support. He has been vocal about Pakistan's tacit support to Taliban radicals.
Amidst the complete takeover of Afghanistan by the Islamic terror group Taliban, a resistance force, led by Ahmad Massoud, son of late Afghan politician Ahmad Shah Massoud - known as the "Lion" of Panjshir, are gaining in strength in the Panjshir valley, north of Kabul.