The Taliban urged United States to adhere to the Doha Agreement and to no longer violate Afghanistan's airspace. Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban’s foreign minister, in a press conference in Kabul, said that the group will pursue the issue through diplomatic channels.
Muttaqi asked the international community to put pressure on the US, so that Afghanistan's airspace is not violated.
He stressed that no terrorist group has been able to use Afghanistan's soil against other countries since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s foreign minister claimed that while around 50 countries had failed to defeat the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, the Taliban has defeated IS-K and now, it doesn’t have any territorial presence in Afghanistan.
He added that the Taliban has not only cut ties with these terrorist groups, but has also fought against these terrorist groups.
Muttaqi also stressed that the world should see the performance of the Taliban government.
The talk about violation of Afghanistan airspace by the US comes as reports state an increased presence of drones in the skies of country.
In early August, a US drone strike killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in the heart of Kabul.
Following Zawahiri's death, concerns about the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan and Taliban’s continued ties with these groups have increased.
However, the foreign minister of the Taliban said that so far, the US has not provided any document regarding the death of al-Zawahiri in Kabul, but emphasised that the group’s investigation of the incident continues.
The Taliban had previously said that they could not find the body of the al-Qaeda leader in Kabul.
Muttaqi also added that in contrast to the Doha agreement wherein the US had committed to participate in the construction of Afghanistan, Washington has put sanctions against the Taliban.
The Taliban's foreign minister said that US has failed to put pressure on the Taliban over the past 20 years and instead urged Washington to establish political and economic relations with the Taliban.
On the question about Taliban government’s recognition, he said that while the group has not officially been recognised as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, Taliban officials have participated in official visits outside of Afghanistan.
He added that the Taliban officials were officially invited to the Islamic Organisation conference in Islamabad and to the meetings in Antalya, Moscow and Beijing.
Although Muttaqi did not name a specific country, he said that the Taliban has supporters in the world, and according to him, if "harm" is caused to the Taliban, the countries which support this group, will raise their voices.
He added that the Taliban had conducted productive diplomacy with many countries and had no issues with regional players.
However, he added that he has no expectations from countries that have been at war with this group for the past twenty years.
