AFGHANISTAN: September 7, 2021
Taliban announces interim govt
Taliban spokesperson said the country will now be called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Afghanistan had “gained freedom”, and “only the will of Afghans” will be applicable in the country.
“After today, no one will be able to interfere in Afghanistan.”
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday announced members of the “acting” government, saying that it will be led by Mohammad Hasan Akhund while the group’s co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy Afghan leader.
Taliban’s deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani will be the acting interior minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi will be the acting foreign minister, political chief Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai will be the acting deputy foreign minister and Mullah Yaqoob will be the acting defence minister, he announced during a press conference in Kabul.
The heads of various other ministries will be appointed soon, Mujahid added.
“All groups have been represented in the cabinet,” he said. Taliban will “work hard towards upholding Islamic rules and Sharia (Islamic law) in the country, protecting the country’s highest interests, securing Afghanistan’s borders, and ensuring lasting peace, prosperity and development”.
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President Biden on the End of the War in Afghanistan-31/08/2021
Taken with a night vision device from a side window of the C-17 transport plane, the ghostly green and black image of the general striding toward the aircraft waiting on the tarmac at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport was released by the Pentagon hours after the United States ended its 20-year military presence in Afghanistan
Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks near Kabul Airport-27/08/2021
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms all instances of terrorism and deliberate attacks against civilians. They recalled that all parties must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law in all circumstances, including those related to the protection of civilians.
Treaty between Ameer Dost Muhammad Khan & British India, 1855
countries of Afghanistan now in his possession ; concluded on the part of the British Government by John Lawrence, Esquire, Chief Commissioner of the Punjab in virtue of full powers vested in him by the most Noble James Andrew, Marquis of Dalhousie, KT, &C., Governor-General of India ; and on the part of the Ameer of Cabool, Dost Mohummud Khan by Sirdar Gholam Hydur Khan, in virtue of full authority granted to him by His Highness, – 1855.
Letter from Sir Mortimer Durand to Ameer Abdul Rahman Khan-11/11/1893
Letter from Sir Mortimer Durand to Ameer Abdul Rahman Khan Kabul, November 11, 1893 Text After compliments “When Your Highness came to the throne of Afghanistan, Sir Lepel Griffin was instructed to give you the assurance that, if any Foreign Power should attempt to interfere…
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Agreement on the Sphere of Influence between Russia and Great Britain in Afghanistan – 1895
The Cominission shall be composed of British and Russian delegates, with the necessary technical assistance.
Her Britannic Majesty’s Government will arrange with the Amir of Afghanistan as to the manner in which His Highness shall be represented on the Commission.
British evacuation efforts- Support for British and non-British nationals in Afghanistan
The Home Office is committed to providing protection for vulnerable people fleeing Afghanistan. The Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme will welcome up to 5,000 vulnerable Afghans to the UK, who have been forced to flee the country, in its first year, with up to a total of 20,000 in the long-term.
China’s socialist democracy is a whole-process, U.S democracy is Coca-Cola, Taliban can form govt with moderate policies- China
What is democracy? Who gets to define it? How to judge whether a country is democratic? These rights should not be monopolized by the US and its few allies. For us, a key criterion is whether the country can meet people’s expectations, needs and aspirations. In this sense, Chinese democracy is people’s democracy while the US’ is money democracy; the Chinese people enjoy substantial democracy while Americans have democracy only in form; China has a whole-process democracy while the US has voting democracy that comes every four years.
Afgan Evacuation mission is dangerous and I cannot promise any final outcome- Biden
This evacuation mission is dangerous. It involves risks to our armed forces, and it is being conducted under difficult circumstances.
