Taliban in Afghanistan: the fight against the “Islamic State” comes on its own, not cooperating with the United States
2021-10-11 10:00:43Source: Xinhua News Agency
The Afghan Taliban ruled out the possibility of cooperating with the United States against the extremist organization “Islamic State” on the 9th.
Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the Associated Press that “we have the ability to deal with the Islamic State alone” and will not cooperate with the United States.
The Afghan interim government formed by the Taliban and representatives of the U.S. government began talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar, for two days on the 9th. This is the first face-to-face meeting between the two sides since the US military withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of August. The topics included the withdrawal of foreign citizens and some Afghans from Afghanistan and the fight against extremist organizations.
The Associated Press reported that the Taliban expressed an “uncompromising” stance on the key issue of cracking down on the “Islamic State” before the talks with the United States.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, the “Islamic State” branch “Islamic State Khorasan” has launched multiple attacks in Afghanistan. This extremist organization launched a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan on the 8th, killing at least 46 people and injuring 143 others.
A U.S. State Department official disclosed before the meeting that the U.S. will pressure the Taliban to ensure that terrorists will not use Afghan territory to threaten U.S. security, and that there is a need to form an inclusive government, respect women’s rights, and allow humanitarian organizations to move in and out freely. Area. The Taliban demanded that the US unfreeze the assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, respect the territorial integrity of Afghanistan, and refrain from interfering in Afghanistan’s internal affairs.
During the talks on the 9th, the Taliban warned the US not to undermine the Taliban regime. The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan’s Interim Government, Amir Khan Mutaki, told the Bakhta News Agency of Afghanistan after the talks that day: “We clearly told them that destabilizing the Afghan (Taliban) government is not good for anyone… Maintaining good relations with Afghanistan The relationship is good for all parties.”
In addition, Mutaki said that the Taliban will also hold talks with representatives of the European Union. He did not mention the specific time of the meeting. (An Xiaomeng)
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