Afghan overseas minister says Taliban govt will forestall militants from utilizing territory to assault others

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By PTI

KABUL: The overseas minister in Afghanistan’s new Taliban-run Cupboard on Tuesday mentioned the federal government stays dedicated to its guarantees to not enable militants to make use of its territory to assault others.

The primary press convention by Amir Khan Muttaqi because the Taliban shaped an interim authorities every week in the past comes as governments world wide — and plenty of Afghans at house — are trying to find indications on the way it will rule Afghanistan after sweeping out the U.S.-backed authorities and taking up Kabul a month in the past.

The U.S. and its allies have pushed the Taliban to not repeat its harsh rule of the Nineteen Nineties, when it monopolized energy and imposed its harsh interpretation of Islamic legislation, together with extreme restrictions on ladies and minorities.

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Mottaqi gave little signal whether or not the Taliban will bend to the worldwide stress. He wouldn’t give say how lengthy the interim authorities could be in place or whether or not it will finally be opened as much as different factions, minorities or ladies.

He repeatedly insisted different international locations should not intrude in Afghanistan’s inner points, together with in response to a query on whether or not elections would finally be held.

Mottaqi, a longtime Taliban negotiator, did make the primary affirmation by a member of the brand new authorities of its dedication to the Taliban deal final 12 months with the USA that opened the best way for the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Beneath the deal, the Taliban promised to interrupt ties with al-Qaida and different militant teams and guarantee they don’t threaten different international locations from its territory.

“We won’t enable anybody or any teams to make use of our soil in opposition to every other international locations,” he mentioned.

Throughout its rule within the Nineteen Nineties, the Taliban sheltered al-Qaida and its chief Osama bin Laden. The group’s refusal at hand them over after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror assaults in the USA prompted the U.S. to launch its assault on Afghanistan, ousting the Taliban and resulting in the following 20-year conflict.

The Taliban, who swept into Kabul and toppled the U.S.-backed on Aug. 15, have come below heavy worldwide criticism after they shaped an interim authorities made up totally of Taliban members, regardless of earlier guarantees to be extra inclusive. Afghans and governments world wide worry the Taliban will impose a rule just like that when it final held energy within the Nineteen Nineties, imposing its harsh interpretation of Islamic legislation.

When requested if the Taliban would come with ladies or minorities within the authorities, Mottaqi mentioned, “We’ll resolve in time,” with out making a dedication. He underscored that the federal government was interim and that when a everlasting one is shaped “we’ll take note of what the individuals need,” although he wouldn’t give a timetable for a everlasting authorities.

“We’re taking every part step-by-step. Now we have not mentioned how lengthy this cupboard will final,” he mentioned.

Governments world wide have mentioned recognition won’t happen till a extra inclusive authorities is put in place in Afghanistan. The United Nations now faces a dilemma because it prepares to start the U.N. Basic Meeting. A number of of the Taliban ministers, together with Mottaqi and the prime minister, are on the U.N.‘s so-called black record of worldwide terrorists and terrorist financers.

Mottaqi urged the U.N. to maneuver shortly to de-list the leaders, saying, “The record has no logic.” The Cupboard additionally consists of Sirajuddin Haqqani, who can also be on the U.N.’s black record in addition to needed by the FBI for questioning in reference to assaults within the Afghan capital over the last twenty years.

When the Taliban final dominated, the U.N. refused to acknowledge their authorities and as a substitute gave the U.N. seat to the earlier, warlord-dominated authorities of President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was killed by a suicide bomber in 2011.

This time round it isn’t clear whether or not the seat could be saved for President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the capital after the Taliban had reached the gates of Kabul. His departure shocked the political management in Kabul, together with former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, the federal government’s chief negotiator, who have been nonetheless negotiating with the Taliban to type an interim authorities.

Mottaqi mentioned the Taliban-led authorities seeks good relations with nations world wide however insisted they have to not intrude in its affairs. He additionally known as for worldwide donors to ship extra support, saying “Afghanistan is poor. It wants all the assistance” the world may give and promising it will be distributed with out corruption. He urged worldwide banking establishments to return to Afghanistan to proceed their initiatives.

He additionally mentioned that every one of Afghanistan’s embassies working overseas have been informed to proceed their operations. He promised Afghans could be allowed to depart the nation and mentioned it was the job of the Taliban authorities to supply passports to its residents.


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