TEHRAN, May 30. /TASS/. The radical Taliban movement (banned in Russia) has declared that since its rise to power in Afghanistan, there has been no threat to the region or the world as a whole from the territory of their country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the interim government of Afghanistan, created by the Taliban, issued a statement on Monday in connection with a report on the situation in the country circulated at the UN Security Council.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the name of the country used by the Taliban - TASS note) considers the allegations contained in the UN Security Council monitoring group’s report about the presence and actions of foreign groups in Afghanistan as groundless and strongly rejects it, the statement reads. It says that since the Taliban came to power, the region has been freed from any threat from Afghanistan, while the Afghan government for the past nine months has been systematically working to create an atmosphere of trust in relations with countries in the region and around the globe.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan confirms that no one will be allowed to threaten others from the territory of Afghanistan, the statement says. It urged everyone to refrain from using unverified information from anonymous sources. The current Afghan government should enjoy the legal right to directly provide reliable information to the UN Security Council and individual countries through its permanent representative to the UN.
At a recent meeting in Dushanbe, the secretaries of the security councils of the countries participating in the regional dialogue on Afghanistan called on the Afghan parties concerned to take more real steps to uproot all types of terrorist groups, stop the movement of all terrorist organizations, and eliminate their training camps both in Afghanistan and in the region and ensure that Afghanistan do not serve as a breeding ground, safe haven or source for the spread of terrorism. In the final statement, they also noted the inadmissibility of a situation in which international terrorist organizations might using the territory of Afghanistan for hiding and training extremists, as well as for plotting or financing any terrorist acts against the countries of the region.