KABUL, 19 November 2021, (TON): A spokesman for the Islamic Emirate said “the first and second deputies of the prime minister met diplomats from Germany and the Netherlands in Kabul.”

Inamullah Samangani, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate said in a series of tweets “the deputies of prime minister Abdul Salam Hanafi and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar today before noon met with representatives of the Netherlands and Germany and delegates accompamying them at the ARG (presidential palace).”

According to Samangani, the Afghan officials discussed biliteral relations with the German and Dutch envoys.

Baradar once again stressed the need to release Afghanistan’s bank assets.

He said “the frozen assets belong to the people of Afghanistan and we want the international community to pay attention to the economic challenges in Afghanistan.”

Markus Potzel, the German envoy, reiterated his country’s continued humanitarian support to Afghanistan. Potzel pledged that Germany would provide 600 million euros of aid to Afghanistan.

The Afghan officials called for the extension of relations between Afghanistan and Germany and the Netherlands.