Afghan FM wants good ties, needs more time on girls’ education
Al Jazeera
Acting foreign minister appeals to the world for good relations but avoids making firm commitments on girls’ education.
Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister has appealed to the world for good relations but avoided making firm commitments on girls’ education, despite international demands to allow all Afghan children to go back to school.
Almost two months after the former Western-backed government collapsed and the group swept into Kabul, the new Taliban administration has pushed to build relations with other countries to help stave off a catastrophic economic crisis.
“The international community need to start cooperating with us,” acting Foreign Minister Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi said at an event organised by the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies on Monday.
