The United States is concerned about the choice of new members of the Taliban government and the absence of women, but has said it will judge it by their actions. This was stated by a spokesman for the State Department.
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“We note that the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the Taliban or close to them and do not include women. We are also concerned about the affiliation and past of some members.”
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The reference is to the personal history of some interim government ministers considered by the United States to be affiliated with terrorist organizations. Among them is the new Minister of the Interior, Sarajuddin Haqqani, son of the founder of the terror network Hakkani, and himself considered the current leader of the organization.
“We understand – concludes the note – that the Taliban have presented this government as a temporary cabinet. We will judge the Taliban by their actions, not by words”.
President Joe Biden also returned to the argument saying he was confident that China will try to work on an agreement with the Taliban. “China has a real problem with the Taliban and I am sure it will try to reach some agreement”, says the American president. The same, he added, will try to do Pakistan, Russia and Iran: “They are all trying to figure out what to do now. “
Borrel: “We judge the Taliban by actions, not words”
“We need to talk to those in power” in Afghanistan, “primarily to ensure evacuation efforts, but also to prevent a humanitarian crisis. But this in no way implies international political recognition of the Taliban.” This was stated by the EU High Representative Josep Borrell. “In our engagement with the Taliban so far and in the future we will pay particular attention to their actions, to respect the international obligations accepted by the various Afghan governments for over 50 years – he specifies -. The Taliban government will be judged on the basis of their actions rather than on their promises “.
The Minister of the Interior: the terrorist leader Haqqani
Sirajuddin Haqqani, interim interior minister of the new Afghan government, is also the head of the terrorist network of the same name. His name is on the FBI’s market research list, which offers up to $ 10 million for information that could lead to his arrest. The Haqqani network, founded by his father, was officially designated as a terrorist organization by the Obama administration in 2012. It is, in fact, accused of having scored the most devastating attackers in Afghanistan in recent years: in 2011 a suicide bomber hit the province of Wardak and killed 77 US soldiers, the same year the group carried out a 19-hour attack on the US embassy in Kabul. “The Haqqani are considered the most lethal and sophisticated group of insurgents targeting US and Afghan forces. “, this is how the US counter-terrorism center describes them. “They typically conduct coordinated small arms assaults, rocket attacks and suicides.” These are the men the secretary of state count on, Antony Blink, and President Biden to allow the allies remaining in Afghanistan to leave, writes the Wall Street Journal. After 9/11, George W. Bush declared that the United States would no longer distinguish between terrorists and host governments. Now, after Mr. Biden’s disastrous withdrawal, the United States is in an incredible position to hope that a terrorist-led government will be its partner, concludes the American newspaper.
The appeal of the resistance: “Stop the genocide in the Panshir”
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has appealed to the international community, the UN and other regional and international organizations to stop the genocide of the Taliban in the Panshir Valley. According to the group led by Masood, the Taliban continue deliberate and large-scale attacks on civilians, carrying out a “continuous campaign of massacres of people” across the province after resistance inflicted heavy casualties on them in several parts of the Panshir. , reads a note.
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