The Taliban’s interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani addressed a meeting of residents in Pakita province and said that the international community has not recognised the group’s government due to the Taliban not accepting their orders.
Haqqani stressed that the group has not obeyed the demands of foreign governments.
The Taliban's Ministry of Interior released the video recording of Sirajuddin Haqqani's speech in Paktia Province on Wednesday.
Haqqani stated, "Today, no one recognises us because we did not accept their orders and demands."
This senior Taliban official said that Afghanistan had been invaded militarily, economically, and culturally. He claimed that all the players before the Taliban came to power didn’t care for rebuilding Afghanistan.
Earlier, the Taliban's interior minister had asked the international community to recognise the government of the group as a legitimate government in Afghanistan.
The international community has repeatedly asked the Taliban to form an inclusive government and respect human rights, especially women's rights, grant the right to work and education of Afghan women, cut ties with terrorist groups, and not allow Afghanistan's soil to be used against other countries.
In the latest case, the leaders of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation called for the formation of an inclusive government with the participation of ethnic, religious, and political groups in Afghanistan too.
However, the Taliban has so far ignored the international community’s demands and continued to implement repressive policies, especially against women.
