Taliban, promising reform, asks UN’s cooperation in recognition, lifting sanctions
Afghans themselves caused ongoing situation in Afghanistan: Khalilzad Khama Press
US special representative to Afghanistan’s peace Zalmay Khalilzad said the people of Afghanistan themselves caused the ongoing situation and accused former president Ashraf Ghani of disturbing peaceful transition.
Zalmay Khalilzad in his recent interview said the escape of Ashraf Ghani failed the scheme of peaceful transition and the entering of the Taliban to Kabul.
The special envoy has said that former Afghanistan was not willing to the peace talks and added that the US should not be blamed for the failure of the Afghan government.
“As per an established scheme, Ashraf Ghani was supposed to stay in Afghanistan as the president of the country but he did not do so.” Said, Khalilzad.
Zalmay Khalilzad blames the former Afghan government for the collapse as people and former officials accuse Khalilzad of having double standards when it comes to Afghanistan peace.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan asked the UN to help them in recognition of their government, removing names of the Taliban leaders from the black list, and lifting all other sanctions imposed by the international community.
The acting interior minister of the IEA Sarajudin Haqqani met under the secretary-General of UN Gilles Michaud and secretary-General’s special representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons on Wednesday, September 15 in Kabul.
Spokesperson of the Taliban Zabiullah Mujahid in a series of tweets said that Sarajudin Haqqani asked the UN to be pragmatic in lifting sanctions from the Taliban
As per Mujahid, Haqqani has told the UN representatives that the Taliban want engagement with the international community and added that an atmosphere of trust is needed in this regard which is releasing the frozen asset of Afghanistan by the US and implementation of the Doha agreement.
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is committed to the implementation of the Doha agreement and wants the international community to do so.” Reads a tweet.
The UN representatives have also assured Haqqani of working for lifting the sanctions and added that humanitarian aids will be further strengthened to Afghanistan.
We impose no conditions on Taliban, they declared their objective themselves: Russia
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said that they are not imposing any conditions on the Taliban and added that they are declaring their objectives themselves which are fighting terrorism and drug trafficking.
The Russian foreign minister arrived at the collective security treaty organization (CSTO) meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Wednesday, September 15.
Sergey Lavrov said that the Taliban’s commitment to fighting terrorism and drug trafficking is welcomed by them as other countries do.
“They (Taliban) assured everyone they will do everything to prevent threats on neighboring countries. We support most other countries and welcomed such an approach.” Said Lavrov.
The Russian foreign minister though did not say anything about recognizing the Taliban, acknowledged they will observe how the Taliban will implement their commitments.
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