At a press conference on the eve of the meeting of the Moscow Format on Afghanistan, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban Government (Taliban, Prohibited in Russia, the terrorist organization) Abdul Salam Khanafi said that the radicals created an inclusive government. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
According to him, the Taliban has already fulfilled all the necessary conditions for recognizing their power in Afghanistan by the international community. Khanafi noted that the Taliban controls the entire territory of the Central Asian Republic. In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister said, the self-proclaimed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) “corresponds to all standards as the government.”
Before the official start of negotiations in the framework of the “Moscow Format”, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with representatives of the Taliban. According to the minister, the topic of the formation of a new government, as well as military and political stabilization in Afghanistan, was raised on a closed discussion.