“It has been decided that the formation of the new government and cabinet will not be announced until there is at least one American soldier in Afghanistan,” a source in the Taliban movement confirmed to AFP, and this position has been confirmed by another Islamist movement.
The Taliban also warned on Monday of the consequences of Washington and its allies extending their presence in the country beyond the deadline set next week.
All foreign forces must leave Afghanistan by August 31, but thousands of troops have recently been brought into the country to organize an evacuation after the country came under Taliban control.
“If the US or the UK wants extra time to continue the evacuation, the answer is ‘no.’ Or there will be other consequences,” the TV channel Sky News Suhail Shahin, a spokesman for the group, said on Monday.
Remaining foreign forces after the agreed deadline will be an extension of the occupation, he noted
With the end of the withdrawal of US and other foreign military contingents from Afghanistan, the Taliban launched a general offensive operation this month and quickly seized almost the entire territory of the country, but on August 15, Kabul fell into their hands.
Taliban control alone has not come under Taliban control, where Taliban opponents have established a center of resistance to the radical Islamist regime.
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