Taliban foreign minister reiterated that the Islamic Emirate has remained committed to the fulfilment of its pledge to not allow the use of Afghan soil against others…reports Asian Lite News
Taliban Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has called on the US to “positively engage” with the Taliban, arguing that the Islamic Emirate has remained committed to the fulfilment of its pledge to not allow the use of Afghan soil against others, TOLO News reported.
Muttaqi in an interview with Al Jazeera, referred to US President Joe Biden’s remarks about al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, said that Biden’s statement means an “understanding of realities.”
“The remarks of the US president that there is no armed group in Afghanistan in facts shows that the realities have been understood and it denies the recent report of the UN,” he said, as per TOLO News.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden in response to a question about “mistakes in Afghanistan withdrawal”, said: “Remember what I said about Afghanistan? I said al-Qaida would not be there. I said it wouldn’t be there. I said we’d get help from the Taliban. What’s happening now? What’s going on? Read your press. I was right.”
In early August 2022, US President Joe Biden in a live address said: “Justice has been delivered” in a US strike killing al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri; “this terrorist leader is no more.”
The strike happened in the Sherpur area of Kabul.
“Al-Qaeda was first the enemy of the US and it (the US) therefore, eliminated the (first) government of the Taliban, and then there was emphasis in Doha to cut relations with al-Qaeda. Today, they say that these relations have ended by the Taliban. Thus, there is another game by the US with the Taliban,” said Aziz Maarij, a political analyst, as per TOLO News.
Meanwhile, at least four Afghan people were killed and another was injured as a result of gunfire by Iranian border security troops, Khaama Press reported, citing officials in southwestern Nimroz province.
According to local sources, Iranian border guards opened fire on Afghan people attempting to enter Iran illegally. The incident occurred late Saturday night and claimed the lives of four Afghan nationals from the country’s northern regions.
Taliban officials in southeastern Nimroz province are yet to respond.
Similar gunfire and cross-border shelling have occurred in the past, killing a number of Afghan residents.
Due to a lack of employment prospects, insecurity, and a severe economic condition, Afghans have been driven to take relatively perilous and illegal routes into neighbouring countries and beyond in quest of work and a better life.
These unlawful movements can have disastrous repercussions, culminating in the deaths of hundreds of innocent individuals, Khaama Press reported.
Furthermore, fatal road accidents have taken the lives of illegal immigrants in Iran and along the Afghan border on occasion. (ANI)
