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Fatality of the Taliban

2021-09-04T04:06:03.140Z


The uncertainty about the future does not allow to exclude channels of contact with the new government in Afghanistan


Taliban in Kabul, on August 31.HOSHANG HASHIMI / AFP

With the departure from Kabul of the last NATO soldiers and diplomats, the period opens that will redefine the relationship of the allied countries with a Taliban government whose composition and behavior are currently unpredictable.

Despite the contradictions, both the United States and Europe need to approach the issue with a pragmatic approach focused on two goals.

First, that Afghanistan does not again become a haven for international jihadist terrorism.

And second, that a humanitarian corridor capable of managing the repatriations of thousands of people who have been left behind be strengthened.

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Russia and China have already taken the initiative and Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for Foreign Policy and Security, on Thursday explained to the partners the need to cooperate with the Taliban. The EU has, however, imposed the red line of not officially recognizing the new government. Borrell distinguished between de facto and political recognition. The first already had a first examination when the Taliban took care of airport security and collaborated with NATO during the withdrawal. The EU conditions a possible full recognition to the absence of a regression in human rights (in particular of women), which until now has been considered inevitable. A similar attitude can be seen in the United States, forced to accept that it needs the Taliban to continue monitoring the terrorist threat.Those are the linchpins of the relationship, but the current uncertainty makes any more reliable progress unlikely.

Today's country is very different from the one the Taliban encountered in 1996 and, although their Islamist ambitions have not changed, it is understood that it will not be easy for them to impose the dreaded setback in terms of freedoms and rights in the short term. They will need money and some institutional operation to legitimize themselves, but, at the same time, they will see some brave women in the streets, in moving images like those of yesterday. The Taliban need recognition: international aid accounts for more than 42% of Afghanistan's economy, and after the capture of Kabul, the US and the IMF blocked their access.

When the US Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, was asked on Wednesday about his collaboration with the Taliban in the evacuation, he replied: “In war, to reduce risks, you do what you have to do, not necessarily what you do. want". A period is now opening in which it is necessary to ask whether the same logic should be applied to diplomatic relations with the Taliban. The war is over for Milley and his troops, but not for the Afghans.

Source: elparis

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