Taliban rules out relations with Israel
A Taliban spokesman told a Russian news outlet that the Afghan Islamist group wants relations with other Asian states, but "of course" not Israel.
A Taliban spokesman said there will be no relations between Afghanistan and Israel in an interview with the Russian state-owned Sputnik news outlet on Tuesday.
“Of course we won't have any relation with Israel. We want to have relations with other countries, Israel is not among these countries,” said Suhail Shaheen.
The Taliban seized control of most of Afghanistan last month amid the US military withdrawal from the country and the accompanying collapse of the Afghan government. The hard-line Islamist group is now seeking to build its international relations.
“We would like to have relations with all the regional countries and neighboring countries as well as Asian countries,” said Shaheen.
