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SBS conducted a video interview with a Taliban spokesperson for the first time in a Korean media to see what the Taliban, who has taken over Afghanistan, are thinking.

He said he would not sell US weapons to North Korea, but he did not apologize for the past Saemmul Church incident.



This is the exclusive report by Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung of Washington.



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In the early 2000s, Suhail Shahin, who served as deputy ambassador to Afghanistan in Pakistan under the Taliban government, is known in the Western press as the 'mouth of the Taliban' for his fluent English.



In September of last year, I also participated in the peace agreement negotiations between the Taliban leadership and then Secretary of State Pompeo.



Speaking to SBS in Doha, Qatar, spokeswoman Shaheen said that was unlikely, as Republican lawmakers feared that the Taliban could sell weapons left behind by US troops to North Korea.



He emphasized that he has no relationship with North Korea.




[Suhail Shahin/Taliban spokesperson: This is a weapon we need for ourselves. We will never sell (to North Korea). We have no relationship with North



Korea

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particular, he emphasized that South Korea's experience in industrial development was highly appreciated and that he wanted South Korean companies to participate in Afghanistan's development.



[Suhail Shahin/Taliban Spokesperson: Korea has also been destroyed, and I have gained a lot of experience while building the state again. If Korea helps, we will welcome and appreciate it.]



He asked to reopen the Korean embassy to ensure safety, and Afghans who wanted to go to Korea answered that they would guarantee their departure if they have the proper documents.



In relation to the late Sergeant Yoon Jang-ho, who was killed in a Taliban bombing in 2007, and the Sammul Church Mission, which was kidnapped and murdered, he pretended that it was a thing of the past.



[Suhail Shahin/Taliban Spokesperson: (Are you going to apologize to the victims and Koreans for the incident?) Afghanistan was occupied at that time, and South Korea was also a member of the occupation force. It's better to think that it's a thing of the past.]



Shaheen also confessed that Afghanistan was struggling with poverty and financial freezes.



[Suhail Shahin / Taliban Spokesperson: As poverty intensifies, 70% of the people are living in poverty. The central bank of Afghanistan is frozen.]



[Innamsik / National diplomatic circles Professor: Now, if officials salaries also need and not the resources or, or personnel management might be operating the country the Taliban also prop is a tough situation -



the Taliban are not the hijab to Afghan female students, unlike the initial appointment It is said that the niqab was ordered to cover the entire face except for the eyes.



It is still unclear whether the Taliban's promise to respect women's rights, saying that it will become an open and inclusive government unlike 20 years ago, will be fulfilled.



(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Jung Yong-hwa)