{"id":1114443,"date":"2021-12-13T12:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114443"},"modified":"2021-12-13T12:29:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:29:05","slug":"the-taliban-wants-the-worlds-mercy-and-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-taliban-wants-the-worlds-mercy-and-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Taliban Wants the World\u2019s \u2018Mercy and Compassion\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-taliban-wants-the-worlds-mercy-and-compassion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.646288209607\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/\">Latest News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Terrorist group pleads for sanctions relief<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236513932-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236513932-736x491.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236513932-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236513932-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236513932-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236513932-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236513932-1400x934.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tAfghan acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/karl-salzmann\/\" title=\"Posts by Karl Salzmann\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Karl Salzmann<\/a> \u2022 December 13, 2021 12:20 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"88.429162609542\">\n<p>The Taliban, a terrorist group that has massacred the Afghan people, oppressed women, executed civilians, mandated <em>sharia<\/em> law, and harbored al Qaeda, seeks the world&#8217;s &#8220;mercy and compassion,&#8221; one of the group&#8217;s leaders in a rare <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-united-states-only-on-ap-kabul-taliban-c0475a3370ea219aabb3ded311911cc1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a>&nbsp;told&nbsp;the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Amir Khan Muttaqi, who became the foreign minister of Afghanistan after President Joe Biden&#8217;s disastrous withdrawal of American troops from the country, told the AP that the Taliban has no problem with the United States and wants amicable relations with the entire world.<\/p>\n<p>Muttaqi also asked the United States and other countries to release $10 billion in funds that were frozen after the Taliban took power on Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sanctions against Afghanistan would \u2026 not have any benefit,&#8221; Muttaqi said.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/08\/24\/un-has-credible-reports-of-summary-executions-of-civilians-by-taliban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Aug. 25 that it had received &#8220;harrowing and credible reports&#8221; that the Taliban had committed summary executions of civilians since the takeover. Human Rights Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2021\/11\/30\/no-forgiveness-people-you\/executions-and-enforced-disappearances-afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in November that the Taliban has killed or kidnapped more than 100 officials who served under the U.S.-backed former regime.<\/p>\n<p>Muttaqi admitted that the Taliban has imposed restrictions on girls&#8217; education and on allowing women to work. He said, however, that the group has changed since its 1996-2001 rule of Afghanistan, when it banned women from schools and jobs.<\/p>\n<p>At the time it also massacred civilians, starved the Afghan people, committed genocide against minorities, sold women into sexual slavery, and protected al Qaeda, the group that perpetrated the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Muttaqi pushed back against Gen. Frank McKenzie, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, who <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-middle-east-united-states-taliban-islamic-state-group-bec82acfe6dbd19bed4c11db21d7a78e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that al Qaeda has grown in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If McKenzie has any proof, he should provide it,&#8221; Muttaqi said. &#8220;With confidence, I can say that this is a baseless allegation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Muttaqi finished the interview by expressing hope that &#8220;America will slowly, slowly change its policy toward Afghanistan&#8221; and &#8220;choose good relations&#8221; with the Taliban.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest News Terrorist group pleads for sanctions relief  Afghan acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi \/ Getty Images  Karl Salzmann \u2022 December 13, 2021 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}