Afghanistan would not need battle with any nation, together with India: Taliban Foreign Minister

Afghanistan doesn’t need battle with any nation, together with India, the war-torn nation’s Taliban-led interim authorities’s appearing Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has stated.

Muttaqi made the feedback whereas speaking to BBC Urdu, which was additionally his first ever interview with a feminine journalist, who requested him about Afghanistan relations with New Delhi below the Taliban authorities.”We do not want Afghanistan to have a conflict with any other country or to have challenges that could affect our nation. Therefore, we will continue to work on this issue,” he stated.READ: Pakistan performed disruptive position in Afghanistan, supplied help to Taliban: ReportWhen requested whether or not there was a response from China or Pakistan on Afghanistan having shut ties with India, as a substitute of a direct reply, Muttaqi referred to latest conferences in Moscow.”When we participated in the Moscow conference, the representatives of India, Pakistan and several other countries were also present. We had a positive conversation and will hopefully not oppose any country,” he stated.His interview comes days after National Security Advisor Ajit Doval chaired an eight-nation dialogue on Afghanistan in New Delhi which was attended by officers from Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.At the dialogue on Thursday, the taking part nations vowed to work in the direction of making certain that Afghanistan doesn’t turn into a secure haven for international terrorism and referred to as for the formation of an “open and truly inclusive” authorities in Kabul.A declaration launched on the finish of the dialogue stated Afghan territory shouldn’t be used for sheltering, coaching, planning or financing any terrorist acts and that officers lent robust help for a peaceable, safe and steady Afghanistan.The Taliban, ousted from energy by the US shortly after the 9/11 assaults, seized management of Afghanistan in mid-August, ousting the earlier elected authorities which was backed by the West.Responding to a query on feminine training, Muttaqi rejected that the Afghan girls have been being excluded from completely different fields.”Women have 100 per cent inclusion in the health sector. They are also teaching in the education sector. They are working in each and every one of those sectors where they are required,” he stated.He added that the Taliban authorities didn’t fireplace any feminine official who was working below the earlier authorities.He, nevertheless, accepted that academic establishments in some areas have been nonetheless closed however stated that it was on account of Covid-19 pandemic.The Afghan Taliban chief accepted that his nation was mediating between Pakistan and the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) however no settlement was reached thus far. He, nevertheless, stated that the method had a great starting and a month-long ceasefire had been introduced.Muttaqi conceded that the Islamic State group or Daesh was a risk however introduced that the Taliban authorities eradicated it from a significant a part of the nation.”Isolated incidents can take place anywhere in the world. Previously, 70 per cent of Afghanistan was under the control of the Islamic Emirate. Now, the Taliban have purged these areas of the presence of Daesh,” he stated.He stated at the moment Daesh was current solely in areas which have been dominated by the earlier Kabul authorities.He additionally stated that the Taliban fulfilled the worldwide neighborhood’s demand for an inclusive authorities, which represented all stakeholders in Afghan society and urged the world to recognise their authorities.”The incumbent Afghan government comprises staff and workers from the previous set-up that come up to approximately 500,000 people. If the world had recognised the previous government as an inclusive government, then why don’t they do the same with us,” he requested.”If they mean a cabinet representing all areas, then we have a minister from Panjshir. People from Badakhshan, Faryab, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Kabul are also present,” he stated.He, nevertheless, added that each nation might have its personal definition of an inclusive authorities.Separately, in an interview with Pashto-language Khyber TV, the Afghan chief stated that he had contrastive dialogue with the Pakistani chief throughout his go to. He stated amongst different points, cross border commerce and motion of individuals was additionally mentioned.