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Afghanistan: Taliban leader calls for help in first Afghan address
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KABUL, 29 November 2021, (TON): Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammed Hassan Akhund, called on international charities on Saturday "to not withhold their aid" as the country struggles with the threat of mass starvation.
Akhund said in a half hour audio message "we are trying as much as possible to solve the problems of the people. We are working overtime in every department.”
He blamed Afghanistan's famine, unemployment and financial meltdown on the US-backed government he helped depose.
Akhund said "nation, be vigilant. Those left over from the previous government in hiding are ... causing anxiety, misleading the people to distrust their government.”
The prime minister claimed that his government had cracked down on corruption that had afflicted what he called "the weakest system in the world."
He said “it was also working on ways to pay thousands of government workers who have not been paid for months.”
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