17 Million People Need Healthcare Assistance in Afghanistan, Says UN

Hemad added that those who had insulted citizens have been arrested too.

On Wednesday evening last week, hundreds of Afghan citizens rushed to the Kabul airport, after there were rumours that the Taliban were sending Afghans to Turkiye.

Taliban members had violently engaged with the people and scattered them with aerial shots.

In a video that was posted on social media, the Taliban members had been insulting people who had come to the airport and had even engaged in aerial shots.

Hemad pointed to the Wednesday incident and added that no one is allowed to display disobedience and sabotage.

He had previously said that there is no government in Afghanistan to follow up on water rights issues of Iran from Helmand river.

Iranian vice-president said that the Taliban does not fulfill their obligations towards Iran.

According to Iranian media reports, Salajegheh stressed that discussions about the water rights of Iran has been underway through diplomatic channels. He added, "I want to go to Afghanistan myself."

The head of the environment department of Iran said that the Taliban’s arguments regarding the water rights issues are not real or based on scientific logic.

Salajegheh hoped that the talks on the water rights issue will finally come to a conclusion.

Border disputes and the water rights of Iran from Helmand river have been sources of conflict between Iran and Afghanistan.

The Taliban have repeatedly said that they accept the Helmand water rights treaty, but Iran has stressed that the group has not taken any practical steps on the issue.

Protesters on Wednesday asked the United Nations to review and address their asylum applications.

The Afghan protesters included journalists, civil activists and prosecutors in the former government of Afghanistan and have been waiting for their asylum request to be accepted by the United Nations for the past year.

Earlier, several journalists in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, had held a demonstration and demanded the organisation to process their asylum requests.

After the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan citizens, especially journalists and human rights activists, have fled to Pakistan.

NRF emphasised on the formation of a democratic, moderate Islamic system in Afghanistan.

According to the NRF, such a system should be based on people’s vote, and must respect the freedom of people, especially women in Afghanistan.

Both the previous governments of Afghanistan and the Taliban honour this day, but Afghanistan is still mired in war and conflict.

The Taliban, which seized power for the second time on August 15, 2021, have imposed severe restrictions on social and political life of the people of Afghanistan and have limited their freedoms.

This group has excluded women from social life and have banned their right to education and work.

While these restrictions have been met with protests of women groups and international criticism, the Taliban have reacted with violent crackdown of these protests and have ignored these international demands.

The Taliban’s defense minister was speaking at a gathering on the 34th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan and emphasised that there is no alternative to the Taliban regime.

He stressed that the group must unite people around the Taliban political system.

The Taliban’s Defense Minister said that if someone does not want the current political system of the group, they should provide an example of what kind of system they want. However, he added that the people should support the Taliban regime.

Mullah Yaqoob stated that any front that wants to create instability should know that the people of Afghanistan are now awake.

He addressed the opponents of the Taliban and said that instead of threatening them, they should participate in the development of Afghanistan.

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the foreign minister of Taliban, too, addressed the gathering and said that the government of the Taliban has made significant progress in the country. He added that Afghanistan's soil has not been used against any country.

Referring to the concern of Afghanistan's neighbouring countries about the presence of ISIS in northern Afghanistan, Muttaqi said that these countries should not threaten the Taliban.

Muttaqi added that if an ISIS member is identified, he will be destroyed.

Mullah Yaqoob’s call to maintain the Taliban regime comes even as Sirajuddin Haqqani, the interior minister of the group, recently criticised the Taliban leadership.

Haqqani had said that the current situation of the Taliban regime is not acceptable and they should prevent monopolisation of power.