The UN called for fighting “the terrorist threat” in Afghanistan but Russia assured that the Taliban guarantee “public order”

In the middle of chaos that erupted in the capital of Afghanistan after The Taliban will take the city of Kabul, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, on Monday called on all member countries to work together to “Eliminate the global terrorist threat in Afghanistan.”

“The international community must unite to ensure that Afghanistan is never again used as a platform or refuge for terrorist organizations.”Guterres said during an emergency agency Security Council meeting on the Afghan crisis.

“I call on the Security Council and the international community as a whole to stay together, work together and act togetherGuterres added.

He urged nations to “use all the tools at their disposal to eliminate the global terrorist threat in Afghanistan and ensure respect for fundamental human rights ”.

Guterres’ comments came as Taliban fighters victorious they were on patrol in Kabul after a surprising and rapid end to the 20-year war in Afghanistan.

Thousands of people crowded into the city’s airport trying to escape the dreaded hard line of a traditional Islamist group regime. In this sense, Guterres said that the Afghans “They deserve our full support.” “The next few days will be crucial. The world is watching. We cannot and must not abandon the Afghan people“, He expressed.

Guterres urged the international community to “speak with one voice to defend human rights in Afghanistan”. In this regard, he stressed that it was “essential to protect the rights of Afghan women and girls, which were so difficult to achieve”. He also asked the Taliban “which respect and protect international humanitarian law and the rights and freedoms of all” in your country.

For Russia, the Taliban guarantee “public order”

Russian diplomacy said on Monday that the Taliban guarantee the “public order“And that the situation in this country stabilizes, after the debacle of the Afghan power which led thousands of people to try to flee the country.

“The Taliban restore law and order and confirm security guarantees for local civilians and diplomatic missions.. The situation in Kabul and Afghanistan is stabilization“said the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Russia, including the ambassador meet the Taliban on Tuesday, asserted that the insurgents promised “ensure the safety of the local populationDespite thousands of Afghans trying to flee their ultra-rigorous version of Islam, which they are supposed to reimpose.

In its statement, Moscow confirmed having “Establishment of working contacts with representatives of the new authorities. ”

Unlike Western countries, which were quick to get their diplomats and staff out of the country when the Taliban finalized their military takeover of the country over the weekend, Russia has said its embassy in Kabul will remain open.

The Ambassador, Dmitry Zhirnov, he told Russian state media that the Taliban had already started monitoring his embassy.

Zamir Kabulov, a ministry official in Moscow, said on Monday that his country would recognize the new Taliban government on the basis of “Of the conduct of the new authorities.

Tuesday, after Zhirnov’s meeting in Kabul, Russia will participate in an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Afghanistan.

In recent years, the Kremlin has approached the Taliban and received their representatives on several occasions in Moscow, the last of last month.

(With information from AFP)

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