INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Wednesday welcomed the UN&s decision to temporarily exempt sanctions on senior IEA officials but
called for the sanctions to be lifted permanently.In a statement issued by the ministry of foreign affairs, the IEA stated that it considers
the lifting of sanctions as its right in line with the commitment made in the Doha Agreement, which was signed in February 2020 between the
IEA and the United States.In response to sanctions on two senior IEA officials being revoked, the ministry said: &Unfortunately sanctions
have been reimposed on two senior IEA officials
MoFA considers such pressure tactics futile and repetition of failed experiments that do not yield results.&The IEA called on the UN
Security Council ¬ to pass prejudiced verdicts any longer, but rather to guarantee the legitimate rights of the Afghan people.&This comes
after the UN&s decision Monday to ban two IEA officials from traveling in response to the restrictions imposed on Afghan women.Travel
exemptions permitting 15 IEA officials to go abroad for negotiations were set to expire Monday but the travel exemptions were extended for
13 officials for at least two months, but scrapped for the two education officials.According to a diplomat who spoke to AFP on condition of
anonymity, the officials now banned from traveling are Said Ahmad Shaidkhel, the acting deputy education minister, and Abdul Baqi Basir Awal
Shah, also known as Abdul Baqi Haqqani, the acting Minister of Higher Education.After difficult negotiations, the UN&s Taliban (IEA)
Sanctions Committee compromised on an extension for the 13 IEA leaders for &60 days + 30 days,& diplomats told AFP.Under the terms of the
agreement, the exemption will automatically be extended for the 13 IEA leaders in the third month &unless objected by any Council member,& a
diplomatic source said.The post IEA welcomes UN decision to temporarily exempt sanctions on 13 officials first appeared on Ariana News.
