{"id":2211,"date":"2021-09-08T13:37:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news25.org\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2021-09-09T11:34:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:34:58","slug":"world-reacts-as-taliban-announces-new-afghan-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/world-reacts-as-taliban-announces-new-afghan-government\/","title":{"rendered":"World reacts as Taliban announces new Afghan government"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead css-1u046kd-Article\"><strong>US expresses concern over \u2018track record\u2019 of people named to top posts, while UN agency decries exclusion of women from government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Taliban has announced an all-male caretaker government drawn exclusively from its inner echelons, including a man under United Nations sanctions as prime minister and another on a United States \u201cterrorism\u201d list as interior minister.<\/p>\n<p>The names announced for the new government on Tuesday, three weeks after the Taliban swept to military victory as US-led foreign forces withdrew, gave no sign of an olive branch to its opponents.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news25.org\/malis-coup-leader-assimi-goita-seizes-power-again\/\">Mali&#8217;s coup leader Assimi Go\u00efta seizes power again<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news25.org\/roy-hodgson-crystal-palace-boss-to-leave-at-end-of-season\/\">Roy Hodgson: Crystal Palace boss to leave at end of season<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund\u00a0\u2013 a senior minister during the Taliban\u2019s brutal and oppressive rule in the 1990s \u2013 was appointed interim prime minister, while the group\u2019s co-founder\u00a0Abdul Ghani Baradar, who oversaw the signing of the US withdrawal agreement in 2020, was appointed deputy prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Appointed to the key post of interior minister was\u00a0Sirajuddin Haqqani, one of the founders of the Haqqani network, classified as a \u201cterrorist\u201d group by Washington. He is one of the FBI\u2019s most wanted men due to his involvement in suicide attacks and ties with al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"1\">Here is how the countries and international groups are reacting to the announcement.<\/p>\n<h2>United States<\/h2>\n<p>The US said it was concerned about the \u201caffiliations and track records\u201d of some of the people named by the Taliban to fill top posts in Afghanistan\u2019s new government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe note the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the Taliban or their close associates and no women. We also are concerned by the affiliations and track records of some of the individuals,\u201d a spokesperson for the Department of State said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that the Taliban has presented this as a caretaker cabinet. However, we will judge the Taliban by its actions, not words.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1509592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-1509592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/INTERACTIVE_TALIBAN-GOVERNMENT-STRUCTURE2-01.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C770\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(Al Jazeera)<\/figure>\n<h2>Turkey<\/h2>\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was carefully monitoring developments in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"2\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know how long this interim cabinet will last. All we have to do is to follow this process carefully,\u201d he told reporters during an official visit to Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1509494\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figure id=\"attachment_1509494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1509494\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1509494 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/000_9MD96Q.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1509494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMAGE COPYRIGHT \/ AFP\/ The Taliban announced Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund as the leader of its new government in Afghanistan on September 7, 2021 [File: Saeed Khan\/ AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<h2>China<\/h2>\n<p>Beijing said it welcomed the end of \u201cthree weeks of anarchy\u201d in Afghanistan with the establishment of a new interim government in Kabul, calling on the Taliban to restore order in the country.<\/p>\n<p>China has been scathing about the American withdrawal, which it criticised as ill-planned and hasty. On Wednesday it said the new government would help bring stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina attaches great importance to the announcement by the Taliban of the establishment of an interim government and some important personnel arrangements,\u201d said foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin at a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has ended more than three weeks of anarchy in Afghanistan and is a necessary step to restore order and rebuild the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While much of the world has adopted a wait-and-see approach to engagement with the Taliban, China has already said it is ready to build friendly relations with the group following their takeover.<\/p>\n<h2>European Union<\/h2>\n<p>The European Union said the \u201ccaretaker\u201d government unveiled by the Taliban in Afghanistan failed to honor vows from the new rulers to include different groups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1vsenwb\">\n<p data-inc=\"4\">\u201cUpon initial analysis of the names announced, it does not look like the inclusive and representative formation in terms of the rich ethnic and religious diversity of Afghanistan we hoped to see and that the Taliban were promising over the past weeks,\u201d an EU spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<h2>United Nations<\/h2>\n<p>Farhan Haq, a spokesman for the UN, said the global body does not engage in acts of recognition of governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a matter that\u2019s done by member states, not by us. From our standpoint, regarding today\u2019s announcement, only a negotiated and inclusive settlement will bring sustainable peace to Afghanistan,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The UN is committed \u201cto contribute to a peaceful solution, promote the human rights of all Afghans, notably women and girls,\u201d and provide life-saving humanitarian assistance, he added.<\/p>\n<h2>UN Women<\/h2>\n<p>Pramila Patten, the head of the UN women\u2019s agency said the Taliban\u2019s exclusion of women in Afghanistan\u2019s new government calls into question its commitment \u201cto protect and respect the rights\u201d of women and girls.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"5\">She called women\u2019s political participation \u201ca fundamental prerequisite for gender equality and genuine democracy\u201d and said that \u201cby excluding women from the machinery of government the Taliban leadership has sent the wrong signal about their stated goal of building an inclusive, strong and prosperous society\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Germany<\/h2>\n<p>Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said his country is not filled with optimism by the makeup of Afghanistan\u2019s new government and its exclusion of other parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA transitional government that does not include other groups is not the signal for more international cooperation and stability in the country,\u201d Maas told a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US military base in Ramstein, Germany.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"6\">\u201cWe hope that further government formation (steps) will send the necessary signals,\u201d Maas added. \u201cIt must be clear to the Taliban that international isolation is not in its interests, and especially not in those of Afghanistan\u2019s people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-source\">SOURCE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/9\/8\/world-reacts-as-taliban-announce-new-afghan-government\">AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES<\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US expresses concern over \u2018track record\u2019 of people named to top posts, while UN agency decries exclusion of women from government. 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