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
state we will sit with the taliban. but if they are inviting us for allegiance and for accepting this illegitimate, criminal syndicate called the taliban, we will never bow and we are ready to give more sacrifice and i think, if the international community recognises this cruel, inhumane regime, it will further enforce the conspiracy theories and the handover of afghanistan was an international conspiracy to prepare for the new cold war and the collateral wars in afghanistan and victimise the republic and the population of afghanistan. the west is guilty and they have to help the afghans create a legitimate estate. recognition of the taliban will intensify the
particularly the united states and we were lied to and we rely to all the way to august. and i was there and we met president biden, everything he said to her was proved to be alive. what is your attitude towards the americans now, i don t know where you are now but your claiming is of to be the legitimate leader of afghanistan but clearly, that is theoretical, not practical and if you do not get support from the outside, it s hard to see how your armed resistance is ever going to threaten the taliban. you need the united states and other allies to provide you with support. the way you are talking, there is not a hope on earth that the united states is going to offer you support. the united states is going to offer you support- united states is going to offer you support. the united states is not god you support. the united states is not god and you support. the united states is not god and they you support. the united states is not god and they are - you support. the united sta
your programme is very short, so i m not going to go into nuances and details of where we are and where we are accountable to our people but if you look at the picture, and the name of peace process, americans actually saw the resume change and when they took their citizens to the airport, the afghan estate and the tip the balance of power in favour of the taliban and all the conspiracies. favour of the taliban and all the conspiracies. you seem to be ignoring the conspiracies. you seem to be ignoring a the conspiracies. you seem to be ignoring a basic the conspiracies. you seem to be ignoring a basic truth - the conspiracies. you seem to be ignoring a basic truth that. be ignoring a basic truth that the americans ploughed tens of billions, may be 80 or $90 billions, may be 80 or $90 billion and afghanistan. they hoped they were building a credible, coherent government but after what happened in august of last year, it was clear that you and others had built no meaningful loyalt
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