Taliban ask to speak to the UN Assembly

The Taliban ask to speak to world leaders at the United Nations this week at the UN General Assembly. Therefore, according to Reuters, they have appointed their Doha-based spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen, as the UN ambassador for Afghanistan. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi presented the request yesterday in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.DI MAIO “Would the Taliban want to speak to the UN? First they show that they respect women’s rights. We need deeds, not words. “Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said in New York. AFGHAN GOVERNMENT No female minister and only one member of the Hazara ethnic group. The Taliban completed the formation of their government by announcing the appointment of 17 ministers and deputy ministers. As explained by their spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, the appointments were made official by a decree signed by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic emirate, Hibatullah Akhundzada. Among the most important appointments are that of an inhabitant of Panshir, the last area of ​​Afghanistan conquered by the Taliban, as interim minister of trade, and that of a Hazara as deputy minister of health. Two Taliban commanders, Sadr Mullah Mohammad Ibrahim and Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir, were appointed deputy interior and defense ministers respectively. In the selection of candidates, Mujahid specified, above all their professional skills were taken into account. The first appointments of the new government in Kabul had been strongly criticized because they had seen the exclusion of women and minorities. But the new ones don’t differ much from that line. The interim Taliban government remains exclusively made up of men. However, the inauguration ceremony of the new Taliban government will not be held. The spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid said, explaining that the new ‘masters’ of Afghanistan at the moment want to focus on guaranteeing services to the population. WOMEN AND STUDIES “We are working to complete the procedures so that the girls can resume their studies” Zabihullah Mujahid said speaking on behalf of the Taliban government during a conference in Kabul, according to Tolo News. The authorities announced after the takeover in Afghanistan are “provisional”, the Taliban repeated, more than a month after the surrender of Kabul, assuring that they will work for a “more inclusive government” in reference to women, completely absent, and representatives of minorities. According to the Taliban spokesman and current Deputy Minister of Information and Culture of their government, Zabihullah Mujahid, the leaders of the group are evaluating the possibilities and working for a “more inclusive government.” ‘Afghanistan for attacks on journalists and the media. “The media are important and we support the media”, said Taliban spokesman and current Deputy Minister of Information and Culture of the Taliban government, Zabihullah Mujahid, according to whom these “problems” are “addressed”. DI MAIO “I Taliban would like to speak to the UN? First they show that they respect women’s rights. We need deeds, not words “. Thus the Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in New York.