KABUL: In a surprising change in popular narratives, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that the Taliban was invited to Kabul before the takeover of the state capital on August 15.
Karzai revealed that he had invited Taliban, who had agreed to wait outside Kabul, to discuss negotiable power sharing agreements, contrary to popular beliefs that the group had taken over the capital.
In the buildup of the takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan witnessed the fall of the US Afghan forces, after months of heavy attacks by clothing in the main provincial cities.
“It is a request to come and protect the population, so the country, the city does not fall into chaos.
And unwanted elements that might loot the country, loot shops …,” he said in an interview with Associated Press.
Negotiations with the Taliban to peacefully take over Kabul is to protect the population so that the country does not fall into the chaos and unwanted elements that might loot the country, Karzai told the international news agency in an interview, it was taken by hill.
On the day of the Taliban in power, they told Karzai that government officials had to stay in their place and they would not attack.
“Me and others talk to various officials and guarantees given to us that, yes, that’s the problem, that America and government forces are upstall to places [and] that Kabul will not fall,” Karzai said.
When negotiations occurred, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other government officials left the country, in a step inhibited the peaceful transition agreement, said Karzai, as reported by Washington-based publications.
Former President of Afghanistan, who was at the Station of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan, has held talks with UN officials and other stakeholders in the country.
Karzai said that the Taliban government must now do everything needed in the country to maintain the interests of all Afghans.
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan threatens basic rights, with women, girls and civil society among those who are most affected.
On Tuesday, a senior official of the UN rights said that respecting the basic rights and freedom by the authorities in Afghanistan was very important to ensure stability in the country.
“How the De Facto Authority – Indeed, and the international community – overcoming drastic economic and humanitarian crises in this country will determine the pleasure of Afghan human rights, now and into the future,” said Nada Al-Nashif, a high representative of the United Nations Commissioner for human rights Humans, as long as the press direction.