Following Trump's victory, the Taliban is optimistic about a "new chapter in relations" with the United States.

This is reported by CNN, citing the spokesperson for the Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdul Qahar Balkhi.

In Kabul, they "expressed hope" that the new U.S. administration would "adopt a pragmatic approach" so "both nations could open a new chapter in relations based on engagement."

Balkhi added that the Doha Agreement, signed in 2020 between the Taliban and the U.S. during Trump's first administration, ended what he referred to as a "twenty-year occupation" of Afghanistan by the U.S.

The Taliban's Foreign Ministry spokesperson also urged Trump to take on a "constructive role in ending current conflicts" in the Middle East.

What happened in Afghanistan?

In August 2021, the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani fled the country to the United Arab Emirates to avoid bloodshed.

The U.S. and other NATO countries withdrew their troops from Afghanistan. U.S. President Joe Biden explained that "there is no justification for further American presence in the midst of a civil conflict in another country." Western coalition forces had been in Afghanistan since 2001, following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the U.S.

Ukraine evacuated more than seven hundred people from Afghanistan on seven evacuation flights, including citizens of other countries.

The Taliban promised not to impose a strict medieval-style Sharia system. However, they still enacted laws banning women from speaking and showing their faces in public to "combat vices and promote virtues."

Additionally, the Taliban ordered the closure of all hair salons and beauty parlors for women and banned the sale of contraceptives.