Taliban before the announcement of the new government in Afghanistanare rejecting broad-based pressure exerted by relevant groups and will not place former President Hamid Karzai and political leader Abdullah Abdullah in the government, sources said. CNN-News18. Live Updates: 17 killed in Taliban ‘festival’ firing
The Taliban said there would be no pressure on the group and that the security of Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah and Fazal Hadi Muslimyar would be withdrawn, sources said, adding that the lives of the leaders were now in danger.
Sources said Karzai has shifted to Abdullah Abdullah’s house amid threats to his life.
CNN-News18 previously reported that the Taliban’s delay in announcing a new government in Afghanistan could extend until the middle of next week.
Top Taliban sources had said the Taliban had finalized their new government in Afghanistan, nearly a fortnight after their violent takeover – a ‘shura’ or religious council would control and run the nation’s executive powers.
Sources said the ‘shura’ would include Taliban elders and other ethnic groups and women would not be part of the council.
Taliban sources said officials from this council would lead the government and that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was likely to head the political office, with 80 percent of this government from the Doha Taliban team.
flurry of diplomacy
Away from the Valley, the international community was facing a flurry of diplomacy with the new Taliban regime.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due on Sunday in Qatar, a key player in the Afghan saga and the location of the Taliban’s political office, although he is not expected to meet the militants.
He will then travel to Germany to lead a virtual 20-nation ministerial meeting on Afghanistan with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s intelligence chief Faiz Hameed was in Kabul. Hameed was reportedly in the city to be briefed by his country’s ambassador but is also expected to meet top Taliban officials, with whom Islamabad has historically had very close ties.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is also set to convene a high-level meeting on Afghanistan on September 13 in Geneva to focus on humanitarian aid for the country.
The United Nations has already resumed humanitarian flights to parts of Afghanistan, while the country’s flag carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed domestic flights on Friday, and the United Arab Emirates took an “immediate medical and food aid”. sent the plane.
Meanwhile, Western Union and MoneyGram said they are restarting the cash transfers that many Afghans rely on from relatives abroad to survive.
China has already confirmed that it will keep its embassy open in Kabul.
Afghanistan’s new rulers have promised to be more accommodating than their first term in power, which came after years of conflict – first the Soviet invasion of 1979, and then a bloody civil war.
That regime was notorious for its brutal interpretation of Islamic law and its treatment of women, who were forced inside and denied access to school and work.
This time, the Taliban have repeatedly declared that they will not conduct vengeful attacks on opponents, and that women will have access to education and some employment.
He has promised a more “inclusive” government that represents Afghanistan’s complex ethnic makeup – although women are unlikely to be included at the top levels.
Dozens of women demonstrated in Kabul for the second day on Saturday demanding the right to work and inclusion in the government.
Social media clips showed Taliban fighters and officials trying to disperse protesters and preventing people from filming with mobile phones.
With inputs from AFP.
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