Wednesday, 04 August 2021 6:39 AM
[ Last Update: Wednesday, 04 August 2021 8:36 AM ] Afghan special forces patrol the streets of Herat, Afghanistan, on August 3, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
A senior US diplomat
says the Taliban are demanding “the lion’s share of power” in any new government in Afghanistan, as they are making major military advances across the country.
The US special representative for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, warned at the Aspen Security Forum on Tuesday that Afghanistan’s situation was rapidly deteriorating, and that the Afghan government needed to find its “military bearings.”
“At this point, they (the Taliban) are demanding that they take the lion’s share of power in the next government given the military situation as they see it,” he said.
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