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This man is so classy, professional, diplomat than so called advanced men out there

This man knows diplomacy...

Congratulations Jyoti. Its wonderful to see Indian media doing some ground reporting instead of picking feed from Reuters/PTI etc.

Hatsoff to him,so soft spoken, will be a n exceptional diplomat

What an amazing interview... Seriously, the Mr Balkhi was so soft-spoken that it gives a completely different picture of what has been described as a "cruel" government. And yes, he makes me want to move to Afghanistan 😀Kudos to Ms Malhotra for asking such pressing questions and with such finesse. She's a brave heart; a true journalist who gives an biased account and interview, allowing the viewers to decide. We need more journalists like her ❤️

This is what's called an interview. Kudos!

Abdul Qahar Balkhi is so eloquent about the current state of his country, you almost feel like moving to Afghanistan..

Fantastic interview.The spokesman did an awesome job.I just wish Taliban proves the world wrong and come out shining as they pick up the pieces.

May god bless Afghanistan with lots of happiness, prosperity, good education, success and wish Afghanistan will be come example to the world in all progressive and positive fields... respect from India!!!!

This guy is better diplomat compare to career diplomatic spokesperson in the continent 😀

Love from India to all my afgan friends we love you. we are there from you in all your troubles and happiness

I wonder if "The Print" could ask such difficult questions to our own leadership with the same kind of vigor. But credits where it is due. Kudos to the journalist for sticking to her questions and firing them boldly as intended. Ballsy!

he is talking like a experienced diplomat

Mr Balki is the best FO diplomat in the subcontinent. Joytis best interview so far.. Kudos @print

This man is very clever. In many interviews, he knew how to defend his views with logical arguments. I remember when he questioned the interviewer about why western countries are so worried about jiyab, but they never show the same concern about the Amazonians who are fully naked. He nailed it that time haha

This is a major feat for the print to have gone to Afghanistan itself and having seen the ground reality and the reporting. I hope they do a whole documentary about the conditions there and how the things are panning out after USA withdrawal. Kudos to The Print 🙌🏻

Great interview kudos to The Print and Ms Jyoti for conducting such a brilliant interview. Not to forget Mr Balkhi he absolutely nailed it, I mean I never believed a Taliban spokesperson could be such precise, sharp bold enough. He exhibited every bit of diplomatic and decent political behaviour. I hope the new govt of Afghanistan brings in more people of Mr Balkhi’s type if they are to prosper and develop. And I wish the historical relationship between India 🇮🇳 and Afghanistan 🇦🇫 achieves greater heights in the near future. Great journalism congratulations to team Print

We welcome Indian Citizens and diplomats. Afghans like India. Long live Afghanistan ❤️

That is the quality of Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 🌹

Abdul Qahar Balkhi, from the City of Blakh .. Ibne Sina , the father of modern day medicine was also from balkh .

What a damn good interview ... Questions were important and asked in a professional manner and the gentleman answered like a statesman

How respectively he is standing in front of the lady in whole interview has any seen someone who give this kind of respect to women.

She seemed genuine . She asked the hard questions but in a friendly respectful way. The other foreign female journalists act like interrogators with rude condescending attitude. They don’t want answers, they have agenda to scold and belittle Taliban and glorify the previous occupation . And usually Abdul Alqahar Balkhi exposes their double standards and prejudice. These journalists justify stealing afghans money , and forbidding anyone to cooperate or giving aid to and stopping the medicine and starving afghan men, women and babies to death; because Taliban is slow to provide education to certain age of girls. And forcing modest clothing on women. The journalists hypocrisy of caring about afghan lives is so obvious!

Welcome change to see such diplomatic finesse from a Taliban Minister.

This man is a gem 💎

Taliban spokesperson sounds more focus, humble and civilized and more outspoken than Narendra Modi and Nawaz sharif.

(Afghan here) When J asked Mr. Balkhi why Afghans were fleeing the country, the response was on point: many people leave, including people in the region (meaning India as well). :)

The performance of the Afghan foreign minister is remarkably polished.

His english is very impressive. I wasn't expecting that.

He is talking like a diplomat because the roots of Islam are genuine and logical....and these guys follow Islam

That’s how the politicians should be straight forward, honest and to the point. Politicians of the world needs to follow Mr Balkhi footsteps to get groomed in order to serve their respective nation and their countries and make this world a better place to live in. INSHALLAH

It is sad how media completely changes your perception of a people and land that you know nothing about and makes you hate or fear them.

Great ground reporting work with straightforward questions addressing the issue, big kudos to jyoti and her team (the print).

Spoken like a true intellectual gentleman salute to you sir my heartfelt good wishes to you your family and your country and countryman🙏🏻

The guts of her to go inside afghanistan and ask questions without fear shout out to her

Kudos to The Print for pulling off this interview with this minister. He is saying all the right things....hope what he says is being implemented across the country. It's a good interview and also for asking such tough questions.

So nice spokesperson who was talking honestly

Thanks prime TV you have done really a good job. By reporting live and direct from the heart of Kabul. 👍🏻🙏🇦🇫🇮🇳

Title Correction: He is not 'Abdul Balkhi' He is 'Abdul Qahar Balkhi'. 'Balkhi' is surname for a person from Balkh (Bactria) and 'Abdul Qahar' is single name with complete meaning. The word 'Abdul' doesn't mean anything until a word is put after Abdul. So it's 'Abdul Qahar'.

Very soothing interview. Asking hard questions without any fear. Women issues are raised very boldly as expected from such a fine reporter..

, this is the true news from Afghanistan, Thanks to Indian reporter. Afghans and Indians are friends for ever .

Wow, great interview. Whatever the history, if the new govt. tries to work for the betterment of all citizens, there seems to be hope. A stable government could be the first step forward.

It is only right and proper that nations who believe and have undergone in the struggle of building their respective nations must support the Taliban in building their nation.

The appointment of Abdul Balkhi as spokesperson of Taliban shows that Taliban is on the upward learning curve as far as international diplomacy is concerned and have certainly learning the art of it when you compare its last regime in Afghanistan.

I think the fact that Jyothi Malhotra is conducting the interview, pressing the Taliban government on women's rights to education and calling them out ... is such an incredible political statement in itself

Great interview by the print and kudos to Jyoti Malhotra for asking pertinent n’ pointed questions on India - Afghanistan ties/ girls education. As also to the afghan spokesperson for answering them !

its ironic that an Indian journalist can ask and counter question afghan minister but cannot do the same with MODI in india....

I love how she pressed him on girl education

This spokesperson is very good diplomat. 👍

" No country, individual or group is allowed to use the territory of Afghanistan to threaten the security of other nations. " That´s a slogan that many governments should write upon their forehead for their countries ... Then there would be i.e. no Ukrainian war.

Brilliant Interview. Somehow we liked Mr Foreign minister, even if what he described some if tgem may not be true but from the core of our heart, all Indians love Afghans and we really want Afganistant to prosper 🙏.

I think Jyoti has found her home. As the saying goes” HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS”.

Salaam to all my fellow Afghans and my dear Afghanistan God bless you all and God bless the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. ❤❤🤍🤍❤🤍🤍❤❤. Zulmay Love from Helmand AFG

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. We do🇧🇩

this well educated man truly knows his words!!!

*INDIA ❤️ ISLAMIC EMIRATES OF AFGHANISTAN* 🇮🇳❤️🏳️

We live in a world where taliban is offering safe passage to indian diplomats At these point I don't know what reaction should I give to these kind of news

wow, I am soooooooo so so impressed by how précised, articulated and intelligent he is.

Amazing to see such a bold anchor .indian media anchors should learn from her. They are under the thumb of Govt. That's why they are known as Godi media.😂😂😂🙏

Hats off Jyothi. You faced conservatism one hand and done brilliant job!!

Very reassuring if this policy is implemented. It is important to facilitate the women education for a better future for all Afghsns.

This guy is brilliant and sophisticated.

Thank you very much for this interview. Being a Pakistani, I highly appreciate your efforts for reporting on Afghanistan. please do more of these. Well done to the lady interviewer.

Your personality should be the example for young and old Muslims u are the gold of Afghanistan 😃🤲🏽❤️☝️🍀🕋👋

We indian love Afghanistan.. we with Afghanistan.. always .. we indian love you bro .. always with you .. no tension. We indian with you ever

Love this. Interviewer was so adamant to break his backbone. No chance! This is New Afghanistan.

Unpopular opinion : The only person from the present establishment in Afghanistan whom i would like to listen to.

So glad to see some field reporting by The Print. Hopefully the first of many such reports!

What a brave interview 👏

I’m afghan but I love India my second home 🇮🇳 🇦🇫

indian hindu talking about women right when killer of bilkis Bano are set free.india is looking for gullible Soviet or America to occupy afgan people.india is true in its hate for islam...crusade continues.. salman rushdie escaped war on terror oh actually war on islam with millions dead in Syria Libya Iraq afganistan...glee the happiness hindu get for these is for real.the heartache is only for salman nupur n taslima.

That's a nice gesture towards India .am planing to go there during next vacarion

The West should keep quiet about education or any other issues while the US has stolen over $ 7 billion dollars for no reasons other than inflicting pain on the average Afghans! Such services require funding which the US is preventing. Even in the US, Europe, Israel one cannot raise a Palestinian flag, not to mention protest, without being arrested.

Even indian media don't have courage to ask questions like this to Modi gov. ...

ALHAMDULILLAH! Afghanistan learned their past mistakes and made their present government best in shaa Allah. They are now more professional and humble type of government. May Allah help Afghanistan. Ameen. Congratulations Afghans! ❤️

Abdul Balkhi has so much grace & manners. He could've gave taunting answers but he refrained. Upon asking why afghans are leaving, he could've said why there's such a huge quantity of NRIs. Yellow propaganda journalism.

He looks smart, intelligent and well balanced in his replies.

Bravo, Jyoti! Very nice interview..good to see you reporting from Kabul.

Good Interview, India needs to understand the ground realities of Afghanistan by supporting both the government and women's rights.

How polite and how honoured respectful conversation.

Abdul qahar balkhi earned my respect, he is an afghan first and speaks for afghanisthan and not islam unlike our neighbour. After this I feel like Taliban establishment is more matured and articulate than Pakistani army establishment.

Good. You guys have finally got your audio game back on track. Nice. Very nice. HOWEVER, volume normalization could be done. The reporter's voice is much louder than the other guys.

Good to have such educated men in afganistan

High quality of diplomacy High educated Wishing them all the best

Well said Mr. Abdul Qahar Balkhi! ❤️

Jaishankar the man behind all this, what a man, what a minister, imagine working with Taliban and ensuring not a single Indian journalist is hurt, the man is a genius.

Ok I was extremely surprised at the refined elegance of Mr Balkhi. I wasnt expecting anyone from Taliban to be so eloquent and that too in english. The spokesman was super professional, very polite, he didnt sidestep any question, didnt wander off topic, didnt give any lectures. I was particularly impressed with his answer to the question why are so many afghans leaving afghanistan? His answered brilliantly when he said that this is not just an Afghan issue but an issue with all countries in the region. And that is so true, so many Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis have left their country seeking greener pastures.

I really appreciate Ma'am asking hard questions to Taliban government. On the other hand,this representative of Taliban government looks reasonable and giving sensible answer. I hope afganistan become a progressive country once more. I have met few afganistan people in Delhi. They are quite nice person.

Indian authorities criminalise activists and bulldoze homes of protesters to silence dissent The government of India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has continued its crackdown on civic freedoms. In March 2022, India was included in the new CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, highlighting serious concerns over the rapid decline in civic space protections in the country. The Human Rights Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights have expressed concerns over the use of repressive laws to jail activists as well as the ongoing human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. In recent months, fabricated cases have been brought against activists, including prominent human rights defender Teesta Setalvad who has been arrested and detained. Journalist Mohammed Zubair, who has exposed hate speech and disinformation, was also arrested. The homes of protesters against the anti-Islam remarks by two members of the ruling party, were bulldozed. That's called hypocrisy and not accepting the truth of our society which is hitting rock bottom in terms of Human rights violations. The print media has highlighted the above issues but we take what suit us and neglect the other part of reality . That's called hypocrisy .

This journalist shud definitely get an award not for journalism but for her bravery to confront a Taliban politician so tactfully n courageously. The print along with us shud be proud of this journalist. Bold n beautiful questions which r yearning for answers

It's great to see that Jyoti is nailing the questions with Taliban spokesman. Seems like she never pulled a punch .. Good for journalism ,,,,👏

Balkhi is the mirror of Afghanistan. They are showing the world what IQ, EQ and SQ.

Such a lovely man Mr Balk-hi., very well English spoken. Talibans are our heroes and we are so proud of you lions.

This Man is Gem, great n polish..

Those are really nice questions. Good job.

Abdul qahaar balkhy is intelligent man.... ماشاءاللہ

This guy is opposite to what white media portrays about Afghanistan

Very well mannered, Very professional, a true stateman, the spokesman did an awesome job.

Mad respect to Jyoti. 🙌🙌🙌