Afghanistan: Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani told CNN-News18 in an exclusive interview that the Afghan people have made the transition "comfortably, without a hitch" and that the US "must accept" the anniversary of its withdrawal In form of. American troops are coming from Afghanistan.
After a 20-year war to bring to justice the Al Qaeda leaders responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the US military withdrew its troops from Afghanistan last August. Today, the US announced that a drone strike had killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
The head of the Haqqani network and Afghanistan's Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani referred to the "shameful action of America" in an interview with CNN-News 18 just two days before Zawahari's death. Even though we have promised any support to the US, it is unfair for the US to confiscate the legitimate assets of Afghan citizens. According to Haqqani, no valid and fair decision has been taken on the matter.
The US government will release half of the $7 billion frozen Afghan reserves to the US to help the Afghan people without giving money to the Taliban, Reuters news agency reported from February.
According to a multi-stage plan, the other half of the money will remain in the US, subject to continuing legal action by US victims of terrorism, including the loved ones of those killed in the September 11, 2001 kidnapping attacks, the sources said. told Reuters.
According to one of the sources, the US government will work to ensure access to $3.5 billion of these assets "for the benefit of the Afghan people and the future of Afghanistan".
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden announced on Monday that Zawahiri, who took over as the leader of al-Qaeda following bin Laden's death, was killed in a CIA drone strike on Saturday evening at a home in Kabul, where he was seeking asylum to be reunited with his family. Biden said justice has been done and this terrorist is no more.
According to a Taliban spokesman, the US operation to kill Zawahiri was a clear violation of international law. "Such actions are a repetition of the failed experiences of the past 20 years and are against the interests of the United States, Afghanistan, and the region," according to the spokesperson.
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