an hour agoTaliban leadership meets to discuss future government
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(5 years ago)The Taliban's top leadership has been reportedly gathered in Kabul to analyse the next government, following the return of the ruling Islamist group. The 21 August organisation will take place as the Taliban try to present a more moderate image after their return to power, while forces led by the United States [...]
The 21 August organisation will take place as the Taliban try to present a more moderate image after returning to power, while forces led by the United States evacuate after nearly two decades of war.
A senior Taliban official has told the AFP news agency, that the Taliban co-founder Muhammad Abdul Ghan Baradar will meet in Kabul and “liders jihadists and politicians for the creation of a comprehensive government”.
Reuters news agency, meanwhile, has quoted an unidentified Taliban official as saying that Baradar has been in Afghanistan “to delegate responsibilities to commanders to meet the leaders of the government preliminary, commanders of local militias, policymakers and religious scholars”.
This official has told the news agency that the Taliban plan to create separate teams to face internal security and financial crisis in Afghanistan.
Taliban spokesman Zubiullah Mujahed at the first media conference in Kabul, after taking power.
An official of the Haqqani group, who has ties to the Taliban, is expected to attend the meeting of the Taliban leadership and has been declared a terrorist organisation by the United States.
The Taliban have promised the leader “otherwise” compared to the last period they were in power in 1996-2001, when they led through a harsh interpretation of Islamic law.
With the return of the militant group to power, concerns have increased over the harsh lifestyle of religious minorities and women who have been excluded from public life.
The Taliban have pledged general amnesty to anyone who has worked with the US-backed Government, but there have been reports that militants can hurt journalists as well as troops and former Afghan government officials.
Mullah Baradar, leader of the Taliban Political Bureau, during peace talks in Doha in Qatar on July 18, 2021.
The international human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has said that Taliban fighters have “massacred” last month several members of the Hawaiian minority.
According to this organisation, this is the terrifying “ ” of the leadership of the militant sanit group.
The Taliban have claimed victory on 15 August after taking over the capital, Kabul, after nearly 20 years of ending the military presence of forces led by the United States.
The government has fallen, and President Ashraf Ghan has fled the country.
