Islamabad: Taliban The United States on Thursday accused its new Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani of violating the February 2020 peace deal signed between the two in Doha by placing it on its terrorist list.
The statement was issued by the new Afghan government, hours before nearly 200 people, including Americans, left the war-torn country from Kabul airport on the first international commercial flight to Qatar since US forces left Afghanistan 10 days ago.
The Doha deal paved the way for the exit of US-led foreign forces from the Taliban in exchange for a guarantee not to allow groups such as al Qaeda and the like. ISIL To work on Afghan soil. In the wake of the deal, the US promised to remove Taliban members from the international terrorist list.
new minister, who is part of Haqqani Network Formed by his slain father Jalaluddin Haqqani, it was accused of attacks on US forces in Afghanistan during the past 20 years. he is on FBIMost Wanted list and a $5 million bounty on its head. he’s also on one United Nations Blacklisted along with more than a dozen Taliban cabinet members, including caretaker prime minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund.
“pentagon Officials have commented that some cabinet members of the Islamic Emirate or family members of the late Haqqani Sahib are on the US blacklist and are still targeted,” read a statement issued by the Taliban Foreign Affairs Ministry.
“The Islamic Emirate considers this a clear violation of the Doha Agreement, which is neither in the interest of the United States or Afghanistan,” referring to the agreement signed in the Qatari capital.
According to the statement, the Haqqani family is “part of the Islamic Emirate and has no distinct name or organizational structure”.
“Similarly, all officials of the Islamic Emirate without exception in the Doha Agreement were part of negotiations with the US and should have been removed from the United Nations and US blacklists, a demand that is still valid,” the statement said. ”
It called statements from the US and other countries provocative and accused them of trying to interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. The statement added that Afghanistan “condemns” it in the “strongest words”.
“Such remarks by US officials are a repetition of previous failed experiments and such a situation is detrimental to the US,” the statement said. “We urge that these erroneous policies be immediately reversed through diplomatic dialogue,” it said.
For the past few years, Kabul Airport was known as Hamid Karzai International Airport. The Taliban have now changed its name to Kabul International Airport.
Thursday morning, a Qatar Airways The plane had reached Kabul with help. In the evening, it left for Doha with passengers, including a large group of foreigners. During a recent visit to Doha, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Qatari officials to help them with the evacuation.
Hundreds of Afghan civilians who helped the US military were unable to get out on a US airlift last month. So far more than 124,000 foreigners and Afghans have left the country for fear of the Taliban regime.
At a news conference at the airport, Qatari special envoy Mutlaq bin Majid Al Qahtani told Kabul International Airport to be operational. “It is a historic day in the history of Afghanistan as the Kabul airport is fully operational. We have faced great challenges… but now we can say that the airport is fit for shipping,” he said.
Qatari and Turkish technical teams have helped restore operations at the airport, which was damaged during the chaotic evacuation of thousands of people to meet the US military withdrawal deadline of August 31. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid thanked Qatar for its assistance in building the airport. For operational and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
The statement was issued by the new Afghan government, hours before nearly 200 people, including Americans, left the war-torn country from Kabul airport on the first international commercial flight to Qatar since US forces left Afghanistan 10 days ago.
The Doha deal paved the way for the exit of US-led foreign forces from the Taliban in exchange for a guarantee not to allow groups such as al Qaeda and the like. ISIL To work on Afghan soil. In the wake of the deal, the US promised to remove Taliban members from the international terrorist list.
new minister, who is part of Haqqani Network Formed by his slain father Jalaluddin Haqqani, it was accused of attacks on US forces in Afghanistan during the past 20 years. he is on FBIMost Wanted list and a $5 million bounty on its head. he’s also on one United Nations Blacklisted along with more than a dozen Taliban cabinet members, including caretaker prime minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund.
“pentagon Officials have commented that some cabinet members of the Islamic Emirate or family members of the late Haqqani Sahib are on the US blacklist and are still targeted,” read a statement issued by the Taliban Foreign Affairs Ministry.
“The Islamic Emirate considers this a clear violation of the Doha Agreement, which is neither in the interest of the United States or Afghanistan,” referring to the agreement signed in the Qatari capital.
According to the statement, the Haqqani family is “part of the Islamic Emirate and has no distinct name or organizational structure”.
“Similarly, all officials of the Islamic Emirate without exception in the Doha Agreement were part of negotiations with the US and should have been removed from the United Nations and US blacklists, a demand that is still valid,” the statement said. ”
It called statements from the US and other countries provocative and accused them of trying to interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. The statement added that Afghanistan “condemns” it in the “strongest words”.
“Such remarks by US officials are a repetition of previous failed experiments and such a situation is detrimental to the US,” the statement said. “We urge that these erroneous policies be immediately reversed through diplomatic dialogue,” it said.
For the past few years, Kabul Airport was known as Hamid Karzai International Airport. The Taliban have now changed its name to Kabul International Airport.
Thursday morning, a Qatar Airways The plane had reached Kabul with help. In the evening, it left for Doha with passengers, including a large group of foreigners. During a recent visit to Doha, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Qatari officials to help them with the evacuation.
Hundreds of Afghan civilians who helped the US military were unable to get out on a US airlift last month. So far more than 124,000 foreigners and Afghans have left the country for fear of the Taliban regime.
At a news conference at the airport, Qatari special envoy Mutlaq bin Majid Al Qahtani told Kabul International Airport to be operational. “It is a historic day in the history of Afghanistan as the Kabul airport is fully operational. We have faced great challenges… but now we can say that the airport is fit for shipping,” he said.
Qatari and Turkish technical teams have helped restore operations at the airport, which was damaged during the chaotic evacuation of thousands of people to meet the US military withdrawal deadline of August 31. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid thanked Qatar for its assistance in building the airport. For operational and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
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