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.
Ashraf Ghani had informed Biden that not just logistical support from Pakistan's government, the Taliban also had thousands of Pakistani terrorists among their ranks.
The congratulatory message from Al Qaeda comes on a day US President Joe Biden claimed the terror organisation has been decimated in Afghanistan after Osama Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan