Afghanistan, Oct. 18 -- Taliban Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdul Ghani Baradar has criticized the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) over its reporting on the country, urging the mission to adopt what he described as an impartial, fact-based approach and give greater attention to the Taliban authorities' claimed economic and security achievements.
Baradar made the remarks at a ceremony marking the launch of a week-long fundraising campaign for people in need. He said UNAMA should avoid focusing exclusively on negative developments and should acknowledge what he described as Afghanistan's economic and security progress.
"It is not fair for Afghanistan's economic and security achievements to be ignored ...