To include the jihadist Taliban in diplomatic negotiations is no different from engaging the Islamic State. It is an inexcusable normalizing of Taliban jihadists and demonstrates how clueless Western leaders are in understanding the jihadist modus operandi.
The Taliban has made no secret about its intention to spread the Sharia regionally and ultimately globally, using extreme violence in the process if it deems it necessary to do so. To bring this goal to fruition, it needs money. International donations which are intended to go for humanitarian purposes inevitably go into the Taliban’s coffers and are exploited by the Taliban to fund its Sharia expansion in Afghanistan and beyond, with the assistance of Western useful idiots.
The Taliban’s stance on the Sharia is that it is immutable and supreme Islamic law; since they abide by Sharia, Taliban officials consider themselves superior to infidel US and EU officials. In any case, the Taliban is running rings around Western negotiators. The Taliban only seeks infidel funding to bring its jihad ambitions to fruition, and doesn’t hesitate to employ deceit in the process.
“After Oslo talks, what’s next for Afghanistan?,” by Asad Hashim & Mohsin Khan Momand, Al Jazeera, January 31, 2022:
Kabul, Afghanistan/Islamabad, Pakistan – A week after Taliban and senior US and European officials held talks in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, the main outcome appears to be promises of an increase in humanitarian aid, contingent on demands related to human rights, with some analysts saying the talks imply a “de facto” recognition of the Taliban’s government.
No foreign government has yet formally recognised the legitimacy of the Taliban’s rule over Afghanistan, referred to by the group as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), although several world powers have engaged with the government at various levels.
The talks in Oslo were the first official trip by acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and his delegation to Europe since the Afghan Taliban captured Kabul and took control of Afghanistan in mid-August.
Following the January 24 talks, diplomats from the United States and Europe said they told Afghan Taliban officials that humanitarian aid would be tied to an improvement in the human rights situation in the country, which international rights groups and Afghan activists have said has worsened considerably since the Taliban took over.
“[Participants] urged the Taliban to do more to stop the alarming increase of human rights violations, including arbitrary detentions, … forced disappearances, media crackdowns, extrajudicial killings, torture and prohibitions on women and girls’ education, employment and freedom to travel without a male escort,” said a joint US-European statement issued after the talks….
Mohsin Amin, a policy analyst and researcher, said the talks, among other actions, were “signs of implicit recognition” of the Taliban’s government.
“I think it has already been recognised as a de facto government,” he told Al Jazeera.
“I think [the Oslo talks] can be considered an achievement for the Taliban’s diplomacy. The Taliban want engagement with the rest of the world, and such meetings facilitated that sort of engagement.”
Sulaiman bin Shah, a former deputy minister of industry and commerce in the government of deposed President Ashraf Ghani, agreed that the Oslo talks and other forms of engagement “effectively create a situation where the new rule is de-facto recognised”.
PMK says
“de facto” recognition of the Taliban government is all there is. So what?
Recognizing the Taliban leadership doesn’t mean we have to do business with them. It doesn’t mean any country in the world is obligated to render aid and assistance to them. For that matter, no country in the world is obligated to have diplomatic relations with them.
The people of Afghanistan got what they wanted: Islamic rule. Let them live with it, unless and until they are willing to put their own lives on the line for the freedom of Afghanistan. They had over two decades to fight for freedom. They didn’t want it. Where is the opposition to the Taliban within Afghanistan?. I don’t see it. The unfortunate truth is that, for the people of Afghanistan and the Taliban, there is more that unites them than divides them.
Infidel says
Precisely! Recognition of a country’s government simply means the recognition of ground realities: it doesn’t imply a moral endorsement of the act in question. Just like everybody recognizes that Tibet is controlled by China, but that doesn’t mean that everyone thinks that Tibet doesn’t deserve to be independent
Yeah, the Taliban/Afghanistan should be internationally boycotted, and so should Pakistan, w/ them
James Lincoln says
PMK,
The people of Afghanistan and the Taliban are much more alike – than different.
Walter Sieruk says
Since the Taliban have taken over Afghanistan, they have been searching for Christians to kill and likewise burn their Bibles.
This shows that the Bible when compared to and contrasted to the Qu ‘ran is the better and superior of those two books. So much so that the Taliban in fear of the information revealed in the Bible with expose the many false doctrines taught a “divine truth” in the Quran.
Therefore, since the entire foundation of the existence and rule is based on the Qu ‘ran. So, the Taliban will go to great lengths to eliminate the Bible from Afghanistan even if it means murdering Christians to do so.
The Taliban are glad to engage in that homicide of Christians.
OLD GUY says
The Taliban have only one plan and that is the enslavement or annihilation of all non-muslims amounting to world wide genocide. However they are only a small part of the larger picture of islamic states desire to dominate the world populations with their rule. Why western governments don’t want to see the true picture of islamic dominance over mankind is blinded by money.