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Afghanistan: Afghanistan's first president Karzai wants the world to work with the Taliban
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KABUL, 24 December 2021, (TON): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai believes it is now time for the international community to work with the Taliban to prevent millions of people from starving to death.
In an exclusive interview with CNN's Becky Anderson, Karzai said the international community needs to prioritize getting much needed aid to Afghans and, for now, put its mistrust of the Taliban aside.
He said "the reality on the ground is that the Taliban are now the de facto authorities in the country.”
The Taliban took control of Afghanistan after a rapid, somewhat unexpected military blitz this summer.
The capital, Kabul, fell shortly after the last US troops left the country, effectively ending the longest war in US history and ceding power to the same group Washington had ousted shortly after the initial invasion in 2001. Karzai became the first democratically elected president after the Taliban's initial collapse.
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