Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid dismissed individual Western media reports as distorting the truth, he said on Sunday via social media.

Zabihullah Mujahid said Reuters interview with him distorted his words, asking the media and reporters not to take these words seriously.

He also dismissed reports that two Pakistanis were arrested on August 26 on suspicion of plotting an attack on the Turkmen ambassador as false and clarified that no such incident had taken place and that the Embassy of Turkmenistan had not been threatened.