Washington: After two decades try to destroy the Taliban, Western powers face a heartbreaking decision whether to deal with Islamic rebels who have taken over Afghanistan.
The Taliban had appeared to enjoy warmer international acceptance than their 1996-2001 Draconian regime, with Russia, China and Turkey praised the initial public allegations of militants.
The US military and diplomat have spoken with the Taliban to ensure evacuation from Kabul but the administration of President Joe Biden said he would see the actions of the Taliban to sever long-term relationships.
“Afghan’s future government that upholds the basic rights of its people, who do not keep terrorists and it protects the basic rights of its people including the basic basic rights of half of the population, women and girls that we will do are able to work with,” said a spokesman for the department Ned Price’s overseas told reporters Monday.
UE Foreign Policy Head Josep Borrell Melot Him Tuesday: “Taliban have won the war, so we have to talk to them.” In the UK, who followed Biden in forces forces, the foreign secretary Dominic Raab said that “usually” London will not deal with the Taliban because of the standard human rights.
But with talks still taking place in Qatar in a more inclusive government, “We want to test whether there is scope to moderate the type of regime we will now see.” “They are now in power, and we now need to deal with that fact and we must now be optimistic about it,” Raab told Sky News.
But Raab acknowledged that the change was simple to build a broad-based Afghan government after the Taliban quickly confiscated the whole country because the United States ended military involvement for 20 years.
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meanwhile announced Tuesday his country “has no plans to recognize the Taliban as an Afghan government.” West power is far less leverage with the ruling Taliban than on the battlefield.
But the United States still has an unmatched influence with international lenders and can enforce strict sanctions, placing conditions on the assistance needed to rebuild the country’s battered.
Lisa Curtis, the adviser of the top white house in South and Central Asia under former President Donald Trump, said the United States must set a high bar for recognition and make it incentives in return for positive Taliban behavior.
“We need to prioritize Afghans, ensuring they have enough food, they can survive, because if not, we will experience a massive humanitarian crisis in our hands,” Curtis said, now at the Center for new American security.
“So I believe that as far as we need to get our humanitarian assistance there, we might have to deal with them at a certain level.
But in terms of diplomatic recognition, it shouldn’t be free,” he said.
Only three Pakistani countries, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia recognized the previous Taliban regime who imposed an ultra-hard interpretation of Islam including forbidding girls’ education, prohibiting music and cutting suspected hands.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved quickly to stop Pakistan, the historic supporter of Taliban, from the blessing of the new government, by saying in a call with his colleague Imran Khan that the recognition of the new government must be “internationally, not unilateral.” The United States did not forgive quickly when it comes to diplomatic recognition.
It took two decades after the fall of Saigon for the United States to build relationships with Communist Vietnam, which with Washington is now maintaining friendly bonds.
The United States has not yet established a relationship with the Iranian Administration State since revolutionary in 1979 kidnapped US diplomats after overthrowing Pro-Western Shah and Washington waited 54 years to restore the embassy in Communist Cuba.
One of the unique factors – the Taliban Co-Founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, seen by guerrillas as Afghan’s new leader, may still be in prison not for Washington.
He was arrested in Pakistan in 2010 but was released in 2018 at the request of the United States when US negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad saw him a credible partner during talks in Qatar which led to US withdrawal.
Trump, talked last year because he agreed with the withdrawal agreement, even appearing to throw militants as US allies, record their feuds with the extremists of the Islamic State.
“They will kill some very bad people.
They will guard the battle,” Trump said.