Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson said on Saturday, “Taliban have postponed the formation of a new government in Afghanistan for next week.” This statement arrives after the terrorist group faces a hard time formulating a well-accepted, lucid and all-compassing administration to satisfy the international community.
On Saturday, the insurgent group was supposed to form a new fully laid government in Kabul, chaired by Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar. “The announcement about the new government and Cabinet members will now be made next week,” Mujahid said with no in-depth information attached.
Khalil Haqqani, the Taliban’s committee member while deliberating with various groups over the making of the new government, averred that the Taliban can form a government of their own but they are now focussing to have an administration in which all parties, groups and sections of the society have proper representation, the Taliban alone will not be acceptable to the world.
Former Afghan premier and head of Jamiat e Islami Afghanistan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and brother of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who have announced their support to the Taliban, will be given representation in the Taliban government, he averred.
On Friday, US Secretary of State Affairs Antony Blinken averred: America and the international community expect the Taliban in Afghanistan to form an inclusive government with representations from different communities and fulfil its commitments like countering terrorism, respecting the rights of women and minorities and not engaging in reprisal. “The expectation is to see inclusivity in government, but ultimately the expectation is to see a government that makes good on commitments that the Taliban have made, particularly in freedom of travel, not allowing Afghanistan to be used as a launching ground for terrorism directed at the US or any of the allies and partners, upholding the basic rights of the Afghan people, including women and minorities, and not engaging in reprisals,” Blinken added.
The Ministry of External Affairs (India) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi asserted that India’s immediate focus in Afghanistan was to ensure that Afghan soil is not used for terrorist activities against it and it was still “very early days” to talk about any possible recognition of the Taliban. “We used the opportunity to convey our concerns whether it is in getting people out (from Afghanistan) or on the issue of terrorism. We received a positive response,” the minister added.
As per the latest sources, the Taliban will form its government based on Iranian leadership, with a partnership of religious leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada, the most powerful and supreme authority.