Turkey welcomes 'positive messages' from Taliban
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey is now focused on safe evacuations from Kabul airport as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praises Turkey's role in the effort.
Turkey welcomed Tuesday the “positive messages” that have come from the Taliban, saying that it is now waiting to see them translated into action.
“I would like to acknowledge that the messages that come from the Taliban to the foreigners, to diplomatic missions, and to its people have been positive so far. Hopefully, they’d be translated into action,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoğlu said at a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Saffadi in Amman.
Cavusoglu’s remarks came as the Taliban announced a "general amnesty" for all government officials on Tuesday and urged them to return to work. Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's cultural commission who made the announcement, also said that women would also be allowed to play a role in government “in line with sharia law.”
Cavusoglu remained vague on whether Ankara was still upholding its offer of maintaining the security of the strategic Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul after the withdrawal of NATO troops.
