When it comes to the west is likely to be dependent on what kind of government the Taliban Create and what laws it enforces. The Us Supreme Court ignores appeals against a new law in texas banning 85 per cent of abortions. President biden says its a blatant violation of constitutional rights. And in California Emergency crews continue to battle a huge wildfire around Lake Tahoe. More than Fifty Thousand people are evacuated from the region. Its eight in the morning in singapore, eight in the evening in washington and 4. 30 in the morning in kabul, where the taliban is moving closer to establishing a government, now that the us exit from afghanistan is complete. A senior leader told the bbc the government would be inclusive. But against this backdrop the economy of afghanistan is close to collapse with little immediate prospect of the new islamist rulers gaining access to the countrys foreign currency reserves held in the west. Prices of Essential Goods are soaring, the value of the cur
Do They need to build alliances both inside and outside The country . Well, my guest is omar zakhilwal, former afghan Finance Minister and recent interlocutor with The taliban. Does The future belong to The pragmatists or The zealots in afghanistan . Omar zakhilwal in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure. You made a remarkable decision just a couple of weeks ago as thousands and thousands of afghans were trying to flee The country as The taliban fighters swept into kabul. You decided to head back from safety in The united states. Why did you do that . Well, my country faced a sudden, unexpected, deep uncertainty. There were fears, as we saw at kabul airport, people even hanging to The planes to just escape. And ijust Couldnt Bear to see that, i needed to return. First of all, be with our people, calm Them down, but secondly, wanted to engage with The taliban. They needed to assure The people that They should not be feared, The future should not look as bleak as people think, and that T
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Kind of government the Taliban Create and what laws it enforces. In California Emergency crews continue to battle a huge wildfire around Lake Tahoe. More than Fifty Thousand people are evacuated from the region. And the Us Supreme Court ignores appeals against a new law in Texas Banning Eighty five per cent of abortions. President biden says its a blatant violation of constitutional rights. Its seven in the morning in singapore, seven in the evening in washington and 3. 30 in the morning in kabul, where the taliban is moving closer to establishing a government, now that the us exit from afghanistan is complete. A senior leader told the bbc the government would be inclusive. But against this backdrop the economy of afghanistan is close to collapse with little immediate prospect of the new islamist rulers gaining access to the countrys foreign currency reserves held in the west. Prices of Essential Goods are soaring, the value of the currency is falling, and many public services are bare