The head of government today will chair an interagency crisis meeting “to discuss the situation in Afghanistan,” his spokesman, quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP), said today.
The US decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan after two decades of intervention was followed by other NATO countries, namely Great Britain, which, however, in recent days has criticized the decision of the American ally.
On Friday, at the end of the first crisis meeting, Boris Johnson pledged “not to turn his back on Afghanistan” and to work with his allies to “ensure that the government in Kabul does not allow the country to become fertile soil again. for terrorism “.
Then the British prime minister ruled out military intervention, explaining that he intended to “exert pressure” through diplomatic channels.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab today believes “it is decisive that the international community has shown unity by telling the Taliban that violence must end and human rights must be protected.”
When the situation in Afghanistan deteriorated, the chairman of the parliamentary defense committee Tobias Ellwood called on Johnson to reconsider the decision to withdraw troops.
“We can make a difference, but it takes courage. […]… We must remain bound by this decision not because Americans do not, especially when they are wrong, ”he told Times Radio.
In turn, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Tom Tugendhat, who belongs to the conservative wing, also criticized the government, making sure that there was no contact with the head of diplomacy Dominic Raab for a week, despite what he classified as “Worst foreign policy disaster since Suez “in 1956.
The Taliban want to seize power in Afghanistan “in the coming days” through a “peaceful” transition, a Taliban spokesman told the BBC today as his troops surrounded the capital.
“In the coming days, we want a peaceful transfer of power,” said Suhail Shahin, a spokesman for a negotiating group based in Qatar.
Meanwhile, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on the authorities to guarantee “the safety of all citizens” by upholding order and law in Kabul after the Taliban arrived in the capital, and warned that he might use force.
