{"id":6192,"date":"2025-08-31T19:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/taliban-seek-strong-u-s-ties-4-years-after-troop-exit-spokesman\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:06:41","slug":"taliban-seek-strong-u-s-ties-4-years-after-troop-exit-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/taliban-seek-strong-u-s-ties-4-years-after-troop-exit-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban seek &#8216;strong&#8217; U.S. ties 4 years after troop exit: spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- cxenseparse_start -->\n<div class=\"img-left\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"img\">\n<p><span class=\"wrap\"><br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Kabul on Aug. 28, 2025. (Kyodo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"txt\">\n    KABUL, Afghanistan (Kyodo) &mdash; The Taliban seek &ldquo;strong relations&rdquo; with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said, as Afghanistan on Saturday marks four years since U.S. forces withdrew.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- cxenseparse_end --><\/p>\n<p><!-- cxenseparse_start --><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">\n    Mujahid also said in an interview on Thursday with Kyodo News that the Taliban have had contact with the U.S. government under Trump, but &ldquo;not at a high level,&rdquo; urging Washington to lift its freeze on Afghan assets abroad.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">\n    As the Taliban-led government operates 41 diplomatic missions worldwide, Mujahid said it has &ldquo;taken all measures to improve relations&rdquo; with other nations.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"txt\">\n    He called on Japan to follow Russia, which in July became the first country to officially recognize the Taliban government.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">\n    The United States, Japan and European nations have refused to recognize it, citing human rights violations such as banning girls from school beyond the sixth grade and restricting women&rsquo;s work and dress.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">\n    Mujahid said education is &ldquo;an internal issue,&rdquo; reflecting Afghanistan&rsquo;s culture and religion.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">\n    On U.S. contacts, Mujahid said the United States has appointed a charge d&rsquo;affaires for Afghanistan in Qatar, who meets Taliban representatives there or in third countries. Talks cover prisoner releases and the issue of frozen Afghan central bank assets.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">\n    Criticized what he saw as a continuation of U.S. &ldquo;wartime policy,&rdquo; he said his government &ldquo;has taken every step to build good relations with the United States&rdquo; and that Washington should reciprocate.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- cxenseparse_end --><\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><!--| tools BGN |--><\/p>\n<p><!--| tools END |--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>Taliban seek &lsquo;strong&rsquo; U.S. ties 4 years after troop exit: spokesman<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Kabul on Aug. 28, 2025. (Kyodo) KABUL, Afghanistan (Kyodo) &mdash; The Taliban seek &ldquo;strong relations&rdquo; with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said, as Afghanistan on Saturday marks four years since U.S. forces withdrew. Mujahid also said in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/taliban-seek-strong-u-s-ties-4-years-after-troop-exit-spokesman\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Taliban seek &#8216;strong&#8217; U.S. ties 4 years after troop exit: spokesman&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}