Afghanistan, Feb. 28 -- Masoud Andarabi, Interior Minister says the Taliban have kept up a close relationship with "international terrorists" despite having promised to cut ties with terrorist groups including al-Qaeda.

Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi on Sunday said that the Taliban have not yet severed ties with "international terrorism" despite the US-Taliban agreement in Doha.

During his visit to Kandahar province where clashes have escalated in the recent months, Andarabi said that the Taliban have not fulfilled their promise and kept relation with Al-Qaeda and other "terrorist groups".

He also added that foreign fighters affiliated with the Taliban are fighting in the battlefields, in an operation in Arghandab of Kandahar commando...