Islamabad: England will not recognize the Taliban as a new government in Kabul, but must deal with new reality in Afghanistan and do not want to see damaged social and economic cloth, Dominic Raab’s foreign secretary said on Friday.
Speaking during a visit to Pakistan, Raab said it was impossible to evacuate around 15,000 people from Kabul without cooperation with the Taliban, which captured the capital on August 15.
“The approach we took was that we did not recognize the Taliban as a government,” he said, adding that England usually recognizes the country than the government.
“We did see the importance of being involved and had direct communication lines.” Raab comments reflect the balance of countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States trying to attack after the Taliban lightning victory and the collapse of the west-supported government in Kabul.
Western countries are afraid that the humanitarian crisis that looms in Afghanistan and economic collapse can create hundreds of thousands of refugees.
But they were alert to the Taliban promises that Afghanistan would not return to the harsh fundamentalist rules carried out during their last period in power before 2001.
“The Taliban has made a series of businesses – some of them are positive at the level of words.
We need to test it And see if this is translated into action, “Raab added.
“It’s important at this stage to regulate or assess the Taliban with the initial, initial and possible, quite simple exam, and see if they give.” He said England had released the first tranche from the 30 million pound package ($ 41.5 million) from humanitarian assistance for neighboring Afghanistan, which might have to bear the burden of large exodus.
Raab added that the assistance budget for Afghanistan has been upgraded to 286 million pounds but future payments will go through aid groups.