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“We clearly told them that trying to destabilize the government in Afghanistan is not good for anyone,” Muttaqi told Afghanistan’s state news agency Bakhtar after talks in Doha.
“Good relations with Afghanistan are good for everyone. Nothing should be done to weaken the existing government in Afghanistan which can cause problems for the people,” he said, in a recorded statement translated by AFP. Al Arabiya, Sunday (10/10/2021).
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Muttaqi also said that the two sides agreed to continue to uphold the terms of the 2020 Doha agreement negotiated by the administration of former US President Donald Trump. The deal includes a requirement that the Taliban take action to prevent terrorist groups, such as ISIS-K, from launching attacks on the US and its allies.
“US officials also agreed to help Afghanistan by sending a COVID-19 vaccine and humanitarian aid,” Muttaqi said Russia Today.
Muttaqi’s remarks came on the first day of a two-day meeting with a US team led by State Department Deputy Special Representative Tom West and USAID’s top humanitarian official Sarah Charles.
There has been no statement from the US side regarding the meeting.
The hardline Taliban returned to power last August when the US ended its 20-year occupation with a withdrawal that included the chaotic transport of foreigners and Afghans.
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