“We have paid a heavy price to witness this historic moment in Afghanistan,” Mullah Hassan said on Wednesday, a day after unveiling an interim cabinet after radical Islamist rebels seized power in Kabul. .
Afghanistan’s caretaker prime minister, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, appealed to former officials from previous governments to return to the country and assured them of “complete security”, saying the period of bloodshed had come to an end and they needed to rebuild the war-ravaged nation. To face a humble task.
“We paid a heavy price to see this historic moment AfghanistanMullah Hassan said on Wednesday, a day after unveiling the interim cabinet of radical Islamist rebels who seized power in Kabul.
“We appeal to the officials of the previous governments to return to their countries as we will give them full protection for their lives. We are faced with the great task of rebuilding and rebuilding war-ravaged Afghanistan,” he said.
He said the period of bloodshed in Afghanistan had come to an end and the Taliban’s promise of amnesty to anyone who worked with previous governments after the US-led invasion in 2001, Al-Jazeera news channel reported. repeated.
In mid-August, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and removed the previous elected leadership backed by the West. The interim cabinet consists of high-profile members of the rebel group.
Citing a Taliban spokesman, Tolo News reported that the new government would be headed by the head of the insurgent group, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada. The spokesman did not disclose Mullah Hibatullah’s designation in the interim government or his role in state affairs.
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at least 14 members of of the Taliban The interim government is on the UN Security Council’s terrorism blacklist, which includes acting Prime Minister Mullah Hassan and both his representatives. Specially designated global terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani, who has a USD 10 million bounty on his head, is the acting Interior Minister.
The 33-member interim cabinet includes four of the five leaders known as the “Taliban Five” who were once held in Guantanamo Bay prison.
Members of the Afghan cabinet are expected to be sworn in on September 11, the day that marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. However, Taliban leaders said it was not final.
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister of Afghanistan and Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has announced unconditional support to the Taliban-led interim government of Afghanistan.
Khama News, citing former Taliban officials, said they believed the interim cabinet would last for six months and then the official cabinet would be announced.
It also said that Taliban officials and technical teams from Qatar and Turkey are busy working at Hamid Karzai International Airport and that the airport will be fully ready for international flights in the next three days.
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