On Saturday, the Taliban urged the United States and other countries to recognize their government in Afghanistan, warning that failing to do so, as well as the continuous freezing of Afghan funds overseas, will cause issues not only for the country but for the entire globe.
Since the rebels took over the country in August, no country has publicly recognized the Taliban administration, and billions of dollars in Afghan assets and cash overseas have been frozen, despite the country facing serious economic and humanitarian issues.
“Our message to America is if unrecognition continues, Afghan problems continue, it is the problem of the region and could turn into a problem for the world,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told journalists at a news conference on Saturday.
He claimed that the Taliban and the US went to war the last time because they did not have proper diplomatic connections.
Following the September 11, 2001, attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 after the then-Taliban government refused to hand up al Qaeda commander Osama bin Laden.
“Those issues which caused the war, they could have been solved through negotiation, they could have been solved through political compromise too,” Mujahid said.
He added that recognition was the right of the Afghan people.
While no country has recognized the Taliban administration, senior diplomats from several countries have met with the movement’s leadership in Kabul and elsewhere.
Turkmen Foreign Minister Rasit Meredow, who was in Kabul on Saturday, was the most recent visitor. According to Mujahid, the two sides addressed the expeditious completion of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.
Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, met Taliban officials in Qatar earlier this week. Mujahid stated on Saturday that China has promised to finance transportation infrastructure and provide Kabul with access to Chinese markets through neighboring Pakistan.
Mujahid also spoke at length about the problems that border crossings, notably those with Pakistan, have been experiencing in recent days, which have resulted in regular closures and protests. The crossings are critical for Afghanistan, which is landlocked.
When Pakistan’s foreign minister visited Kabul last week, he said, meaningful talks on the issue were place.
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