ISLAMABAD – IRNA – Taliban control of Kabul takes Afghanistan into new phase Afghanistan knows.
According to IRNA, despite tensions between Islamabad and the Kabul government, which accuse each other of sabotaging the peace process and failing to co-operate to address common concerns, Pakistan has repeatedly opposed any coercive and hostile Taliban move to seize power. Kabul has announced.
Now that the Taliban have entered Kabul and announced the end of the war in Afghanistan by the group, and that there is no more news of Ashraf Ghani and his government, Islamabad has entered a test of how to formally interact with the Taliban, a matter for media and political observers. In Pakistan, too, it is being monitored, saying that Islamabad is waiting for a response from the international community to recognize the Taliban, and that any decision will be in line with other countries’ views of the Taliban.
Pakistani political and military leaders have stressed in recent months that Islamabad does not support any particular group or faction in Afghanistan and is ready to work with any government in the neighboring country as unrest in Afghanistan escalates due to the irresponsible withdrawal of the United States and other occupying forces. Is to be chosen by all Afghans.
An assessment of the policies of the Islamabad government towards Afghanistan shows their cautious steps towards the current situation and the avoidance of any strategic mistakes regarding Afghanistan.
Pakistani officials stress that the endless war between the Kabul government and the Taliban will not yield any results, but the formation of an inclusive government with the presence of all peace stakeholders, including the Taliban, will be the way to overcome the Afghan crisis.
Reacting to the recent events in Afghanistan and the deployment of Taliban forces on the outskirts of Kabul, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman said: “Pakistan is closely monitoring the situation in Afghanistan.”
Zahid Hafiz Chaudhry added: “Pakistan will continue to support efforts to resolve the political crisis in Afghanistan and hopes that all Afghan domestic parties will work together to resolve this political crisis.”
He added that the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul is providing assistance to Pakistanis, Afghan nationals and the diplomatic and international community to leave Afghanistan, obtain visas and use Pakistan Airlines flights.
Islamabad supports the Taliban joining the political process in Afghanistan and collaborating to form a joint government with internal rivals, something Kabul’s leaders did not like, accusing Islamabad of favoring the Taliban.
Pakistan’s Minister of Information Affairs considered the formation of an inclusive government with the presence of all Afghan internal stakeholders as the best way to address the current crisis in its neighbor and said: “This is the idea of ​​Imran Khan and if it was implemented, Afghanistan might not suffer more today.”
Pakistan’s differences with the United States over how to withdraw from Afghanistan and a unilateral approach to achieving political and security goals in the region have also raised concerns in Islamabad about Afghanistan’s future.
“Washington cares about Islamabad only when it seeks to avenge its sabotage in Afghanistan,” the Pakistani prime minister said during a meeting with international media representatives in Islamabad last week, alluding to Washington’s dual approach to Islamabad.
Pakistan, which had previously invited government leaders and political and religious stakeholders to attend a peace conference in Afghanistan to help advance the Afghan peace process, is now seeking to invite foreign ministers after the program was postponed. Afghanistan’s neighbors, including Iran and Russia, are attending a peace conference hosted by Islamabad.
Some diplomatic sources in Pakistan said last week that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was planning the regional initiative.
Pakistani media, while monitoring developments in Afghanistan moment by moment and pointing to the weakness of the security forces and government officials in the face of the Taliban advance, cite the vacuum created by the troublesome US withdrawal and the incompetence of the Kabul government as the causes of the current crisis.
The Pakistani newspaper Dunya also wrote: “The countdown to the formation of an inclusive government in Kabul has begun under the leadership of the Taliban. How will it be.