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“We just have to talk to the Taliban about how we can get people who worked for Germany out of the country and protect them,” Merkel told a news conference in North Rhine-Westphalia.
“They are the ones we have to talk to now. We want to expel people who worked in German development organizations and now feel threatened,” Merkel said.
The Taliban came to power in Afghanistan three weeks ago, so Western states began an urgent evacuation of their citizens and Afghans, who aided their aid forces and organizations.
The Taliban, faced with the challenge of becoming the country’s insurgent leaders, appear determined to avoid fighting in the Punjab valley before declaring who will lead the country.
Afghanistan’s new rulers have promised a “more inclusive” government that reflects Afghanistan’s complex ethnic makeup, although women are unlikely to be among senior officials.
And while the West takes a “wait and see” approach, there are some signs of willingness to engage in dialogue with new leaders.
Earlier on Sunday, a spokesman for the Taliban movement, Zabihullah Mujahid, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that the Taliban wanted “strong and formal diplomatic relations with Germany.”
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