Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks to Hamid Karzai, reaffirms Sri Lanka's support for Afghans

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on August 18 reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s continued support to people of Afghanistan following Taliban takeover. insurgent group h hijacked Kabul on Sunday after Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, fled country. Currently, situation in Afghanistan is unstable and Taliban leers, on or hand, are discussing future government plans in Doha as y are looking to run country on ir own set of rules.

While taking to Twitter, Rajapaksa informed that he spoke to former Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to inquire about ongoing developments unfolding in war-torn country and furr reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s support for Afghans. 

Afghanistan awaits a new government 

Meanwhile, in first sign of engagement with Taliban since ouster of Afghanistan government, key political leers such as Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah met Anas Haqqani on Wednesday. former Afghanistan president has formed a Coordination Council along with High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan chairman Abdullah Abdullah and former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. However, talks between two sides were stuck owing to certain "unacceptable conditions" imposed by Taliban.

Now, re are talks on Taliban's top leer Mullah Abdul Ghani Barar likely to become next President of ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.' Mullah Abdul Ghani Barar is co-founder and political chief of terrorist group heed by Haibatullah Akhundza. Taliban has asserted that terror outfit does not intend to take revenge on anyone. Promising that foreign embassies in Kabul will be given full security, he also claimed that women will enjoy all rights "within framework of Islam."

last time Taliban was in control of country in 1996-2001, a severe clampdown on freedom and security of women was witnessed in Afghanistan. extremist group h enforced stringent rules for women based on ir interpretation of Islamic law, stopping women from leaving house without company of a male relative. group h also banned girls from attending school and women from working outside home. y were also banned from voting.

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