and the taliban, they are focused on snuffing out our position and putting in strict control on women and girls. my guest is the former first vice president, now a senior figure in the national resistance front. he is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. it is a year since the taliban slipped into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part of. will you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, from your point of view? for the taliban, it from your point of view? for the taliban, it has from your point of view? pr? the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure, but it has exposed their intentions in face to the afghan people and they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed the women into shadows and all of those people who were architects of the handover of afghanistan, the taliban, justifying that t
million a week without knowing where it goes. to million a week without knowing where it goes. where it goes. to be clear, do ou where it goes. to be clear, do you want where it goes. to be clear, do you want that where it goes. to be clear, do you want that flow where it goes. to be clear, do you want that flow of - you want that flow of international assistance money to stop? t international assistance money to sto - ? ., international assistance money to sto - ? . ., international assistance money to sto? . ., ., international assistance money tosto? . ., ., ., to stop? i want that flow of international to stop? i want that flow of international money - to stop? i want that flow of international money to - to stop? i want that flow of international money to be i international money to be supervised by a and partial bodies. but the taliban chooses who receives assistance in the province in the north of kabul, but that district has received 15 rounds of assistance, and we hav
and what they think and hope, our definition of hope today s different. we are not seeking western assistance. shire different. we are not seeking western assistance.- different. we are not seeking western assistance. are you in contact with western assistance. are you in contact with the western assistance. are you in contact with the americans - contact with the americans today? contact with the americans toda ? ., , today? the last time i contacted today? the last time i contacted the - today? the last time i i contacted the americans today? the last time i - contacted the americans was a couple a few days after the collapse of kabul and the message was, very clear to me and their decision is, to completely go out and today, it s very clear, it s much cheaper for them to allow this taliban who are running my country. and this space after 9/11, it would not be existent in the proved to be shallow and
civil war, and it will lead to massacre and it will lead to unprecedented levels of violence in the country is not seen and we are ready to stop armed resistance but there is a mechanism that will ensure the referendum or the election is hallet and if the taliban when for sure, we will accept that legitimacy but we will not surrender to a group that is come to power through a conspiracy. come to power through a conspiracy- come to power through a conspiracy. come to power through a consira . ., . ., , conspiracy. your narrative is still based conspiracy. your narrative is still based upon conspiracy. your narrative isj still based upon afghanistan being betrayed by some sort of western conspiracy, one year on from the taliban takeover and you fleeing kabul, it seems you accept no culpability, no responsibility at all. know, i do accept responsibility at all. know, i do accept a responsibility at all. know, i do accept a lot responsibility at all. know, i do accept a lot of
and toppled the government of which you were a part of. will you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, from your point of view? for the taliban, it from your point of view? for the taliban, it has from your point of view? pr? the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure, but it has exposed their intentions in face to the afghan people and they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed the women into shadows and all of those people who were architects of the handover of afghanistan, the taliban, justifying that they are change are responsible for this catastrophe. are responsible for this catastrohe. ., . . catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer to catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer to focus - catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer to focus on . and that answer to focus on what you call the taliban s fail