The interim government of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan rejects accusations of having links to terrorists, announced the day before in the report by the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Markus Potzel, Abdul Nafi Takor, the Taliban's spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, said Wednesday.
"There are no terrorist groups in Afghanistan, and the level of security in the country is incomparably higher than it was during the previous four decades," he was quoted by the Afghan TV channel Ariana News as saying. - "We will not tolerate terrorist groups in Afghanistan, and we will not let anyone judge our country based on inaccurate information."
The Potzel report stated that the killing of al-Qaeda (banned in Russia) terrorist organization leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul by US missiles fired from a drone on August 2 shows the continuing relationship between the Taliban and terrorist groups and the increase in terrorist attacks. It also mentioned that al-Qaeda had freedom of movement in Afghanistan. Concern was expressed about "increasing restrictions on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls" and the ban on education.
The Taliban launched a massive operation to take control of Afghanistan after the US announced the decision to withdraw its military forces from the country. On August 15, 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul without a fight and President Ashraf Ghani left the republic. On September 6, the Taliban claimed control of all Afghan territory, and on September 7 they announced the composition of the provisional government, the legitimacy of which has not yet been recognized by any country.
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Based on materials from TASS