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Afghanistan should not become a center for rivalry: Muttaqi
Afghanistan should not become a location for rivalry among the world’s great powers, acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said this week during a visit to the Afghan embassy in Turkey.
Muttaqi said: “The policy is that henceforth Afghanistan should not become a center or ground for rivalry among the great powers.”
“Henceforth, it should not be like Afghanistan be friend of one while enemy of another. Afghanistan is a poor country. It should stand on its own feet. It should resolve its problems. Our policy is an economy-centric policy,” Muttaqi said.
According to him, there is no alternative to the existing government for stability in Afghanistan, and that the government is already inclusive.
“Is Afghanistan the private property of certain people?” Muttaqi asked.
“If inclusivity means all ethnic groups should be there, all ethnic groups are there in the current government,” Muttaqi said.
Muttaqi visited the Afghan embassy in Turkey, days after he said that the embassy would receive instructions from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, acting Minister of Information and Culture Khairullah Khairkhwa said on Wednesday that a commission would be tasked to work on how Afghans living abroad could return and work in their country.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan, has announced the release of another American citizen in the country.
Khalilzad said in a post on his X account that, according to information from the Islamic Emirate’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Faye Dai Hall, an American citizen who has been in custody in Afghanistan, will be released soon.
Earlier, George Glezmann, an American citizen whom the Islamic Emirate had held for over two years, was also released.
US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that Joe Biden administration left about $80 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan, which was a “catastrophic error.”
Vance made the remarks during a visit to a military base in Greenland.
He also said the Biden administration’s “catastrophic error” led to the deaths of 13 US soldiers in an attack during the evacuation at Kabul airport in August 2021.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump also criticized the abandonment of military equipment in Afghanistan and called for its return.
The Islamic Emirate, however, has said that the weapons left by the US in Afghanistan belong to the Afghans and will not be returned.
The Supreme Court announced on Saturday that based on the ruling of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, 2,463 prisoners have been pardoned and released on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
The court said in a statement that the prison terms of another 3,152 prisoners have been reduced.
Eid in Afghanistan will be celebrated on Sunday or Monday, depending on the moon sighting.
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