Taliban New Government: Joe Biden said, ‘China has a real problem with the Taliban. So I am sure they are going to try to make some deal with the Taliban.
Washington. There has also been a reaction from the United States after the government’s claim from the Taliban in Afghanistan. On the China-Taliban financial link, US President Joe Biden has said that China will make some agreement with the Taliban. He has said that China has a real problem with the Taliban and thus has reason to believe that China will make some deal with the new rulers of Afghanistan. Asked about the Taliban getting money from China, Biden said China, like Pakistan, Russia and Iran, is trying to figure out how to best respond to the new government announced by the Taliban a day ago.
In a press conference held at the White House, Biden said, ‘China has a real problem with the Taliban. So I’m sure they’re going to try to make some deal with the Taliban. Like Pakistan, Russia and Iran do. They are all trying to find out what they do now.
US President Joe Biden’s statement came a day after the Taliban announced government. The US is deeply concerned about the formation of the new Taliban cabinet. It is also clear that China is preparing to present the new Taliban regime as one of its allies.
Even before the Taliban took over Kabul, China had made preparations to recognize the Taliban as the ruler of Afghanistan. In addition, a few weeks before the fall of the Ashraf Ghani regime, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar to develop friendly relations with the Taliban.
Wang Yi also spoke on the phone with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on 29 August. In this, he said that the international community should engage with the Taliban and guide them positively.
The Taliban on Tuesday appointed Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund as prime minister, announcing the cabinet of the caretaker government of Afghanistan. The cabinet includes top figures of the Taliban, who dominated the 20-year war against the US-led coalition and allies of the then Afghan government. In this, a leader of the Haqqani network, a globally designated terrorist, has been given the charge of Home Minister.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in Kabul that in the new Islamic government, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the head of the organization’s powerful decision-making body, the Rehbari Shura, would be prime minister, while Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar would be deputy prime minister. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of the Haqqani network and the son of anti-Soviet satrap Jalaluddin Haqqani, has been made home minister in the 33-member cabinet and does not have a single woman member.
Sirajuddin Haqqani’s name is in the list of global level terrorists. America has declared a reward of $ 5 million on information about him. He was also allegedly involved in a plot to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai in 2008, according to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website.
