PESHAWAR, Nov 13: The eastern zone Shoora, a military platform of the anti-Taliban commanders from Laghman, Nangarhar, Nooristan and Kunar provinces, has been tipped as the main component of the future political setup in Afghanistan.

A group of European ‘diplomats’, who are staying in Peshawar, held meetings with the Shoora leaders and discussed modalities of the future arrangement in Kabul.

Haji Zaman Ghamsharik, a spokesman for the Shoora, underlined the need for a national government, under the UN umbrella, to be set up in Afghanistan. He urged the world community to work for a conducive atmosphere in the war-ravaged country.

Speaking to newsmen at the Rehman Lodge, Shoora’s newly set up office in the University Town area, here on Tuesday, he asked the UN to help them in replacing Taliban, rapidly retreating from the every province of the country.

The Pakhtoon-dominated Shoora is feeling uneasiness after the storming of Kabul and Jalalabad by the Uzbek and Takjik-dominated Northern Alliance forces, who had unruffled their tri-colour flag on the important government buildings on Tuesday.

According to a European diplomat in Peshawar, “the status quo has been restored in Afghanistan with the commander Ismail Khan in Herat, Dostum in Mazar-i-Sharif and Gul Agha and Hamid Karzai in Kandahar. Haji Qadeer, brother of the slain commander Abdul Haq, will certainly take over Nangarhar province”.

Afghan politicians and commanders are in a sort of a confused haste to replace the Taliban. They have yet not, sources said, reached on a viable power-sharing formula, which will certainly give an edge to the Northern Alliance in political bargain with the pro-king forces. “The Northern Alliance has emerged being the conqueror of Mazar-i-Sharif, Herat and Kabul”, said a Jamiat-i- Islami leader.

“Some of the US-backed European diplomats are here to witness, how history repeats itself. They are trying to export a regime of their blue-eyed boys inside Afghanistan”, he added.

After the fall of Kabul to Northern Alliance forces, Taliban have evacuated their consulate in Peshawar. “Everybody has gone into hiding. We don’t know where they are”, said a police guard on duty. Earlier, Afghan ambassador Mulla Abdus Salam Zaeef had reserved a PIA seat for Quetta, but he got it cancelled and left for Peshawar. But, could not be traced anywhere in city. They had also evacuated their vigilance post on Torkham.