Washington: United States and 97 other countries say on Sunday that they will continue to issue travel documentation to foreign nationals and designated Afghans who want to leave Afghanistan, and they expect the Taliban to stand with their guarantee that refugees can go.
“We are all committed to ensuring that our citizens, citizens and residents, employees, Afghanistan who have worked with us and those who are at risk of being able to travel freely to destinations outside Afghanistan.
We have received guarantees from the Taliban that all citizens Foreign.
And every citizen of Afghanistan with travel authorization from our countries will be allowed to continue in a safe and orderly way to go abroad.
We will continue to issue a documentation of travel to the designated Afghanistan, and we have hope and commitment What is clear.
From the Taliban they can travel to our respective countries, “said a statement issued by these countries.
“We noted the Taliban public statement which confirmed this understanding,” added the statement.
The head of the Taliban negotiator, Sher Mohammed Abas Stanekzai, was reported to have been announced on Friday that the group would not stop people from leaving Afghanistan, no matter their citizenship or whether they had worked for the United States for 20 years.
Not immediately clear why India did not sign a statement that included several US NATO allies and many developing countries.
China, Russia and Pakistan are also not included.
Some US officials said the Taliban guarantees in this positive but others were more suspicious.
“No one here believes in the Taliban.
There is no one here who relies on the words offered by the Taliban.
What we focus on is the action,” said US national security adviser Jake Sullivan to CNN when asked about evacuation.
But he said we had “substantial leverage” to ensure Americans and others can leave after the August 31 deadline