A Taliban official told Reuters on Friday, The leaders of the movement have begun to discuss the future of members of the Afghan security forces.

The official added that the leaders and senior members of the movement launched the process of registering all the weapons, ammunition and equipment left by the US and NATO forces.

He explained that maintaining law and order among the ranks of the “Taliban” is the most important priority now.

The official said; The “Taliban” cannot be held responsible for the chaos and deaths that fell in the past days at Kabul airport, with people rushing to leave the country after the movement’s seizure of power.

He stressed that many countries and organizations are communicating with the leaders of the movement to help evacuate their citizens or employees from the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The call for unity

The Taliban called on imams in Afghanistan to urge unity in the first Friday prayer after the movement’s control of the country.

The Taliban urged unity before Friday prayers, and called on all imams to persuade people not to leave the country.

The Taliban have presented a moderate face to the world since entering Kabul on Sunday. It wants peace, will not take revenge on its old enemies, and will respect women’s rights within the framework of Sharia.

Two well-informed sources and two foreign diplomats said; Qatar may host new talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government next week at the earliest; To reach an agreement on power-sharing.

Former Afghan leaders, including former President Hamid Karzai, have already held talks with the Taliban.

US President Joe Biden said in a television interview; It is up to the Taliban to decide whether they want to be recognized by the international community.

He added: “Do they want the international community to recognize them as a legitimate government? I’m not sure they want that.”

America evacuates about 3 thousand

A White House official said the United States had evacuated about 3,000 people from Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday.

“The United States has evacuated about 3,000 people from Hamid Karzai International Airport in 16 C-17 flights,” the official said in a media report on Friday, adding that about 350 of them were Americans.

He added, “Among the additional evacuees; Family members of US citizens, special immigrant visa applicants and their families, and vulnerable Afghans.”

He pointed out that the total number of those who have been evacuated by the army since August 14 has reached about nine thousand.

Khorasan Province – ISIS

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told NBC News on Thursday; The US government is “very focused” on the possibility of a group like ISIS-affiliated Khorasan Province launching a terrorist attack in Afghanistan.

The group is hostile to the Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan at the weekend.

Sullivan added that getting Americans out of Afghanistan is a “risky process,” given questions about whether the Taliban will continue to allow safe passage to the airport and other emergencies; Like a possible attack from an extremist group like Khorasan Province.

“One of the emergencies that we are very focused on…is the possibility of a terrorist attack by a group like ISIS-K, which is of course a sworn enemy of the Taliban, so we will continue to work to minimize risks and maximize the number of departures,” he said.

US officials say; They are working around the clock to evacuate Americans and auxiliaries of US forces from Kabul, but the security situation on the ground is challenging given the presence of groups such as ISIS-K.

“We have established a communication channel with the Taliban to allow people to get to the airport safely, and it is working at the moment in terms of the Americans and Afghans getting to the airport… However, we can’t count on anything,” he said.

ISIS-K is still active three years after its founding, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which said the group received support from ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

The center added that the group is responsible for about 100 attacks on civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as for nearly 250 clashes with US, Afghan and Pakistani forces since January 2017.

American moves

The US military said; More than 5,200 of his soldiers guard Kabul’s airport, where many of the gates are now open, while US fighter jets fly over Kabul to ensure the security needed for evacuations.

State Department spokesman Ned Price said; Six thousand people “whose conditions have been fully examined” are currently at Kabul airport, and will soon board planes.

A source told Reuters; White House officials said in a congressional briefing; The United States has already deported 6,741 of them, 1,792 US citizens with legal permanent residence.

A NATO official told Reuters on Friday that more than 18,000 people had been evacuated from Kabul airport since the Taliban seized control of the Afghan capital on Sunday. However, the official, who declined to be identified, said the crowds were still outside the airport, desperately trying to escape.

The Taliban quickly took control of Afghanistan with the withdrawal of US and other foreign forces, surprising even their leaders, and leaving a power vacuum in many places.