The Taliban thanked China: “It is our friendly country, they have helped us a lot”

The Taliban reiterated on Monday their willingness to maintain good relations with the international community and to gain the recognition of their government in formation, with a message in which they warmly thanked the regime of Xi Jinping, which has been one of the first to build bridges with extremists. after the capture of Kabul.

“China is our friend country, they have helped us a lot and we asked them to help us, to cooperate with us, we also ask the Chinese government to officially recognize our government and maintain diplomatic relations with usTaliban chief spokesman Zabihullah said at a press conference in Kabul.

According to the spokesperson, The Taliban stand ready to provide “cooperation and full support for the security” of China’s economic projects in the region.

In addition, “we have asked the international organizations and international countries to kindly help with the Afghan problems because the Afghans are suffering, the poverty level is very high and the people are in need of food and other necessities,” said he continued. However, this must be in the form of humanitarian aid because the Taliban said, are unwilling to accept funds accompanied by requests from foreign governments.

The lesson for Afghans after this war is that “They shouldn’t trust foreigners anymore, if Afghans think foreigners will build our country they are totally wrong“, noted.

The United States “destroyed everything and left,” he said, referring to the withdrawal of troops from Washington and NATO after which the insurgent formation took control of the capital on August 15.

The spokesperson also raised other issues such as the women’s protests which have taken place in recent days in the country to demand their inclusion in a new government, and which have ended up being suppressed by the Taliban forces. In this direction, Mujahid assured that the Taliban recognize “the right of women to demonstrate”, but that they were not allowed for “security reasons”.

Government formation

The first Taliban government for Afghanistan, expected to be announced soon, it will be an “interim” administration, as assured by the fundamentalist movement on Monday. “It will be a functional government, as an interim government we cannot confirm yet, but according to initial information it will be an interim government,” Mujahid said.

The formation of the new Administration “will be announced soon”, reiterated today the spokesperson who assured “there are some technical problems”, without providing more details. “We will announce it soon, but it is not yet known when it will be,” he added.

When asked if this new administration would be followed by an electoral process to establish an elected government, accepted by all Afghans, Mujahid said this will be an issue that will be clarified once the new power is formed.

“Regarding the elections, it is too early to say, I would first like to have information from our government, as an interim government, and then talk about the elections.“, replied.

It will also be up to the new Afghan rulers to decide on the country’s constitutional framework, and what remains of the nation built over the past two decades, after the US invasion and subsequent expulsion of the Taliban from power in 2001. .

“It will be the duty of our government to make its policy and also to negotiate with the elderly how to make the Constitution, if it has to be the old one or if we have to make a new one”, he declared.

(With information from EFE)

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