Taliban-appointed Defence minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said that he considers the United States as an obstacle to the international recognition of Afghanistan.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price on Tuesday (local time) said the two Americans detained in Afghanistan had been freed by the Taliban as part of an apparent 'goodwill gesture'.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 20 (ANI): Taliban in Afghanistan claimed that the US is preventing the group's new government from receiving international recognition, a local media reported.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 17 (ANI): Key Taliban leader Sirajuddin Haqqani on Monday said that his outfit, which now rules Afghanistan, seeks "good relations with the US and the international community."