First Published Dec 14, 2021, 11:35 AM IST
താThe Taliban government has called on the United States and the West to show mercy and sympathy for the $ 10 billion that was frozen during the Taliban’s occupation of Afghanistan. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaki said in an interview that the money would help millions of people. After the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, Western powers, including the United States, cut off aid to Afghanistan. Even before the Taliban came to power, the only source of foreign aid was Afghanistan, which had collapsed financially. This aid was deactivated with the arrival of the Taliban.
After the Taliban took control, Afghanistan’s economy collapsed. Most people ran out of money. Most of the companies closed down without even having money to pay the workers. Banks also imposed restrictions on withdrawals as they ran out of cash.
The country is heading for a severe food shortage. All the essentials are on fire. Foreign aid also stopped as the United States and its allies did not recognize the Taliban regime. The Taliban government has not yet received the $ 9 billion in reserves from the central bank. Assistance from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund also stopped.
People make a living by selling household items. People are selling everything from home shelves, chairs and tables to markets. The hell out of the people can be seen directly in Kabul. News is coming out of some places that parents are ready to sell their children.
The Taliban have reportedly been working hard to keep the economy afloat by restricting the use of the dollar and restricting withdrawals from banks. Meanwhile, an interview with Aamir Khan Muthaki, who has called for foreign aid, was released.
Mutakhi claimed that the new Taliban rulers in Afghanistan were committed in principle to education and employment for girls and women. He also claimed that this was a significant departure from their previous authority, which had seen a history of repression and human rights abuses.
The Taliban government wants good relations with all countries. “We have no problem with the United States,” he said. “The sanctions against Afghanistan will not work.”
The weak Afghan government has no special interest in anyone, “said Mutakhi. It is not in anyone’s interest to destabilize Afghanistan or to maintain a weak Afghan government. Mutakhi said the Taliban government had employees from the previous government and members of the Taliban group.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) also demanded the release of money held by the Central Bank of Afghanistan. However, Deputy United States Treasury Secretary Wally Adeemo told the U.S. Senate Committee that there were no circumstances that would allow the Taliban to access the reserves.
Countries concerned about the Taliban’s arrival have offered Afghan assistance. However, Adeemo said many are reluctant to help because they refuse to accommodate the general public.
Meanwhile, the UN has warned that more than half of Afghanistan’s population is facing famine this winter. The problem was exacerbated when a number of aid agencies fled the country as the government collapsed and international aid stalled.
Although the second Taliban government claims to be different from the first Taliban government, the problem persists indefinitely as the nations of the world do not take it at face value. The nations of the world stood up against the ban on the education of girls and the employment of women.
High school students between the ages of seven and twelve have not been allowed to go to school since the Taliban’s second coming. The Taliban also asked women civil servants to stay home. The Taliban say it needs time to begin adjusting gender segregation according to Islamic interpretations in schools and the workplace.
The Taliban’s policy is to allow girls to go to school and women to go to work only after such arrangements are made. During the first administration of 1996-2001, girls and women were excluded from schools and jobs.
Most sports and sports were banned then. Used only to carry out executions in sports stadiums. But Muthakhi now claims that they have completely changed since then.
‘In governance and politics. We have made progress in our interactions with the country and the world. With each passing day, we gain more experience and make more progress, ”Muthakhi claimed.
Under the new Taliban government, girls go to school up to class 12 in 10 of the country’s 34 provinces. Private schools and universities are open. 100% of women who previously worked in the health sector have returned to work. ‘It shows that we are committed in principle to women’s participation,’ Muthakhi said.
Mutakhi claimed that the Taliban did not target their opponents and instead declared a general amnesty and provided protection. Although the majority left the country after coming to power, Muthaki claimed that many leaders of the previous government were now living in Kabul without threat.
The Taliban have killed or forcibly detained more than 100 former police and intelligence personnel in four provinces, according to a report released last month by Human Rights Watch. However, the report notes that the atrocities committed during the first Taliban government were unprecedented.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement claimed that the US-backed Afghan government, which came to power after the US – led coalition ousted the Taliban in 2001, had carried out widespread retaliatory attacks against the Taliban. Hundreds of people disappeared or were killed. Muthakhi said thousands of people had fled to the mountains.
The coalition forces ousted the Taliban and retook control of Afghanistan after the United States sheltered al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, the masterminds of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “The Taliban have made mistakes in the first months of their rule and we will work for more reforms,” he said.
The agreement, which clarifies the terms of the U.S. military withdrawal in February 2020, promised to fight Taliban terrorism and deny safe havens to militant groups. Mutakhi claimed that the Taliban had kept that promise, with a vow not to attack the US.
Meanwhile, Islamic State militants have reportedly intensified attacks on Taliban patrols and religious minorities in the past four months.
However, Muthakhi claimed that there had been no strong attacks in the last one month and that they had gained strength in these areas. The United States stopped tracking IS activities in Afghanistan last month.
However he acknowledged that their numbers were not enough to defeat Lukashenko’s government. However, US Marine General Frank McKenzie said the Taliban’s second-in-command had strengthened the al-Qaeda militant group.
‘You are a great and great nation, you must have enough patience and a big mind, you must have the courage to make policies in Afghanistan based on international law and degradation and to close the gap between us by ending the differences. Choose good relations with Afghanistan. ‘ Muthakhi ends his interview by saying:
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