TOKYO, 18 Sep. The final formation of the Taliban * cabinet of ministers requires «several days or months», the composition may change, said a spokesman for the movement Suheil Shahin in an interview with the Japanese NHK TV channel.
«The final formation of the cabinet of ministers will take several days or months. Changes in its composition are possible,» said the representative of the movement.
According to him, the inauguration ceremony of the new government was planned, but then was canceled.
«We planned it, but there were opinions that it was necessary to appoint all ministers, and decided to postpone the ceremony. We conveyed to the countries to which invitations were sent that the ceremony was canceled,» Shahin said.
The movement's spokesman also said that the Taliban «are ready to create a new phase of bilateral relations with the United States.»
Tokayev assessed the formation of the Taliban government On the possibility of leaving the country of Afghans who worked in Japanese institutions, Shahin said that “anyone with a valid passport and visa can leave the country.” In early August, the Taliban * stepped up an offensive against Afghan government forces On August 15 they entered Kabul and the next day declared that the war was over. The last two weeks of August from the airport of Kabul, which was under the protection of the US military, there was a mass evacuation of Western citizens and Afghans who collaborated with them. On the night of August 31, the US military left the Kabul airport, ending the nearly 20-year US military presence in Afghanistan.
The Taliban are not going to usurp power, Lavrov said on September 6, the Taliban announced that Panjshir, the last of 34 Afghan provinces, had come under their control. The next day, the composition of the interim government of Afghanistan was announced, headed by Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who served as foreign minister during the first rule of the Taliban * and has been under UN sanctions since 2001. * A terrorist organization banned in Russia