Foreign minister says regime wants good relations with US
Afghanistan’s new Taliban ruler is committed in principle to education and jobs for girls and women, a marked departure from her previous time in power, and she seeks the world’s “kindness and compassion” to help millions of Afghans in dire need. may help, a top Taliban leader said in a rare interview.
Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki also told the Associated Press that the Taliban government wants good relations with all countries and has no problems with the United States. He urged Washington and other countries to raise upwards of $10 billion in money accumulated since the Taliban came to power on August 15, following a swift military offensive in Afghanistan and the sudden, covert flight of US-backed President Ashraf Ghani. amount released.
“Sanctions against Afghanistan … will not bring any benefit,” Mr Muttaki said in Kabul.
“It is not in anyone’s interest to destabilize Afghanistan or have a weak Afghan government, whose allies include employees of the previous government as well as recruits from Taliban ranks,” Muttaki said.
Mr. Muttaki acknowledged the world’s outrage over the limits imposed by the Taliban on girls’ education and women in the workforce. In many parts of Afghanistan, female students between classes 7 and 12 have not been allowed to attend school since the Taliban came to power, and many female civil servants have been asked to stay at home. Taliban officials have said they need time to create gender-segregated systems in schools and workplaces to fulfill their serious interpretation of Islam.
But Mr. Muttaki said the Taliban had changed since they last ruled.
“We have made progress in administration and politics… in dialogue with the nation and with the world. With each passing day, we will gain more experience and make more progress,” he said.
Mr. Muttaki said that under the new Taliban government, girls in class 10 of the country’s 34 provinces are going to school, private schools and universities are running non-stop, and 100% of women who have previously worked in the health sector, are back. at work.
“This shows that we are committed to women’s participation in principle,” she said.
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