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[KhaamaPress] Germany sent their high-level diplomats to Afghanistan for the first time after the Taliban
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takeover and met with the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister and acting foreign minister.
Germany pledged to be providing the people of Afghanistan with humanitarian aid
but added not to help the de-facto authorities in Kabul directly.The German Foreign Minister in a statement said the country’s special representative for Afghanistan, Jasper Wieck, and ambassador-designate Markus Potzel met on November 18 with high-ranking officials from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
The delegation was accompanied by a Dutch special representative for Afghanistan Emiel de Bont.
Germany’s Foreign Minister in the statement said that both sides acknowledged that continued operational contacts on issues where practical cooperation is both necessary and possible, in particular, to address the humanitarian plight of the Afghan people.
Taliban’s spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said that Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Motaqi met with the European delegation and acknowledged that the money is better to be sent to teachers and doctors’ accounts directly to prevent delay.
In the meantime, Germany has said that the Taliban officials committed to providing humanitarian workers safe and unhindered access to people in need.
It comes as the Taliban are not yet recognized but Western countries have pledged to engage with the de-facto authorities in Kabul to address the humanitarian crisis.