The Taliban’s new Minister of Information, Zabihullah Mojahed has just given us his first formal interview:
“We have a responsibility before the international community never again to let terrorists use Afghanistan as a base of operation”
“We have a responsibility before the international community never again to let terrorists use Afghanistan as a base of operation”
Taliban Minister of Information: “the Americans must leave in order to end the crisis at Kabul airport. It is they who urged people to come to airport for evacuation, promising them a better life in the West. The people can’t be blamed for believing them”
Taliban’s Minister of Information: “We want good relations with America and Europe. We will honour all existing economic and trade agreements between Afghanistan and all our partners, including Western nations”
Taliban’s Minister of Information: “3 million Afghans are drug addicts, this is a disaster. We will need the international communities help to replace poppy cultivation with other crops. Severe punishments for drug trafficking have already been implemented”
Taliban’s Minister of Information: “Over the last 20 years we have learned things and changed. We want to prove that we are not what anti-Taliban propaganda has portrayed us to be. We want to show that to the world”
Taliban’s Minister of Information: “The former President, as he fled, tole a huge amount of money from banks and accounts. We are still counting how much he stole. Once we have a number, we will demand to be returned to the Afghan people”
Taliban’s Minister of Information: “The Americans must leave before we can begin to rebuild our devastated country. If they do not leave on 31 August, our political leaders will have to make tough decisions”
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