Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki said that there are parties seeking to obstruct international recognition of the current government formed by the Taliban movement last September.

Mottaki stressed - in exclusive statements to Al Jazeera within the "Today's Meeting" program - that the current government now has relations with several countries, and is expanding every day in the hope of full international recognition soon.

He revealed that negotiations are now underway with Turkey and Qatar to manage and operate Kabul Airport.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that a joint delegation from Turkey and Qatar will travel to the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, to consult with the interim government on the management of Afghan airports.

Cavusoglu added that Qatar and Turkey will jointly manage the Afghan airports if an agreement is reached, noting that a Turkish company and a Qatari company have signed an agreement to manage the five Afghan airports.

Demonstrators in Kabul demanded the lifting of the economic blockade of their country (Anatolia)

Demonstration in Kabul

On the other hand, the Afghan capital, Kabul, witnessed - today, Tuesday - demonstrations in which protesters gathered in front of the US embassy and raised slogans denouncing the sanctions imposed by Washington on Afghanistan.

They also demanded the lifting of the freeze on Afghan assets abroad, and the lifting of the economic blockade of the country, which, according to them, aggravates their living conditions.

Following the Taliban's return to power, Washington imposed sanctions that included freezing about $10 billion of Afghanistan's financial assets abroad.

And the US State Department said - yesterday, Monday - that there is an urgent humanitarian need in Afghanistan with the approach of winter, and that the international community should intensify its assistance to Kabul.

The ministry added that Washington is discussing with United Nations agencies ways to deliver aid to Afghanistan and pump cash into its economy.

Afghanistan's 39 million people are facing a crumbling economy, a winter with food shortages, and growing poverty, three months after the Taliban seized power, with the last US troops withdrawing at the end of a 20-year war.