Afghan interim Foreign Minister to go to Pakistan with resetting bilateral ties excessive on agenda

The interim Foreign Minister of the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan is anticipated to go to Pakistan within the coming days as a part of efforts by the 2 sides to reset their ties within the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, a media report mentioned on November 6.

Amir Khan Muttaqi was invited final month by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi throughout his go to to Kabul.

This would be the first go to by the interim Afghan Foreign Minister to Pakistan for the reason that hardline Islamists took management of Afghanistan on August 15.

The go to of Mullah Muttaqi within the coming days to Pakistan was on the playing cards as each side have been involved to finalise particulars, official sources advised The Express Tribune.

Mullah Muttaqi is a senior Taliban chief who took half in negotiations with the U.S. in regards to the withdrawal of American troops from war-torn Afghanistan.

The Afghan Minister will probably be accompanied by a number of senior Taliban officers to debate a variety of points with Pakistani authorities, the sources mentioned. However, the go to shouldn’t be seen as a proper recognition of the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, they mentioned, including that the small print of the go to weren’t made public instantly.

Though Pakistan has not formally recognised the Taliban authorities, it is without doubt one of the few international locations which preserve their diplomatic mission in addition to envoy in Kabul.

Last month, a media report mentioned that Pakistan has quietly allowed the Taliban-appointed “diplomats” to take cost of the Afghan embassy and consulates within the nation.

The sources mentioned the possible go to by Mullah Muttaqi was a part of the continuing engagements by Pakistan with the Kabul administration.

Pakistan feels that the engagement against the dis-engagement is the easiest way ahead in coping with the present scenario of Afghanistan.

However, a senior official mentioned that Pakistan shared issues of the worldwide group that the Taliban authorities wanted to fulfil the commitments they made.

Those commitments embrace an inclusive authorities, defending girls’s rights and never permitting the Afghan soil for use once more by any terrorist outfit.

The official, whereas talking on the situation of anonymity, mentioned the Taliban authorities additionally understood the worldwide group’s issues and was prepared to deal with them however there have been some points when it got here to the interpretation of the inclusive authorities.

The sources mentioned that the interim Afghan Foreign Minister together with different officers was invited to Islamabad to debate a number of points, masking the bilateral relationship.

For years Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan had been marred by distrust.

But Mr. Qureshi, after his October 21 go to to Kabul, reported a “visible change” within the method of the interim Taliban Government.

He advised a information convention on the time that the brand new administration was able to take steps to enhance the ties, one thing the earlier authorities was reluctant to do.

The Afghan Taliban additionally gave agency ensures that they’d not permit teams such because the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) to launch assaults from Afghan soil in opposition to Pakistan, the report mentioned.

Pakistan has been making an attempt to persuade the world to diplomatically have interaction with the Taliban after they set up their de-facto management on Afghanistan on August 15. However, the world is skeptical about them and seeking to choose them on guarantees to respect human rights earlier than any sort of recognition.

Afghanistan has been underneath Taliban rule since August 15 when the Afghan militant group ousted the elected authorities of President Ashraf Ghani and compelled him to flee the nation and take refuge within the UAE.