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Afghanistan
Pakistan Says It Will Not Recognize Taliban without 'International Consensus'
2022-11-20
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Pakistain stated that it would not recognize the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
 administration in Afghanistan absent international consensus at a time when the world’s patience for the group is dwindling.

Bilawal Baby Bhutto Zardari
...Pak dynastic politician, son of Benazir Bhutto and grandon of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. As far as is known, Bilawal has no particular talents other than being pretty and being able to memorize political slogans, but he had the good luck to be born into the right family and he hasn't been assassinated yet...
, the Foreign Minister of Pakistain, stated on Friday, November 18, that his country would not take a "solo flight" in formally recognizing the Taliban administration in Afghanistan, without an international consensus.

The Pak foreign minister stated, "As far as their [the Taliban’s] official recognition is concerned, Pakistain would not want to take a solo flight and would rather pursue this process with international consensus."

To help avert a humanitarian crisis in poverty-stricken Afghanistan, the Pak government continues to support continued international engagement with the Taliban, according to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, speaking to media in Islamabad.

Zardari urged the Taliban authorities in Kabul to uphold their commitments to Afghans and the international community that they would combat international terrorism and respect all Afghans’ human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state...
, including allowing women access to education.

"The world is running out of patience [with the Taliban]," Zardari warned. "But despite these challenges, we appeal and insist on sustaining engagement."

After retaking power in Afghanistan, the Taliban placed stringent restrictions on women’s rights, forbidding them from working in most government offices, closing secondary and high schools for girls, and other measures that severely restrict women’s freedom of movement.

Posted by:Fred

#9  It's quite obvious from here Dron66046. The problem is our pols are better at corruption than yours.
Most Americans I know want Afg to ESAD.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed   2022-11-20 21:02  

#8  What's this embassy do anyway in kabul? And this bearded imbecile? What do they mean by 'will not recognise'? They just want you to recognise it and normalise a Shariah state. Taliban have consulates set up in Karachi, 'slamabad, Quetta and Beijing. Sayed Mohiuddin Sadat is the ambassador in Beijing. It was Islamabad that convinced China to engage with him on power projects and recognise their de facto rule. The only thing they want now is to drag the west into this, make everyone acknowledge there is an emirate. In fact it was last year's Paki foreign secy who had stated that not recognising the Taliban legitimacy shall result in another 9/11.



The trouble they are having with Taliban leadership supporting TTP is a systemic symptom of islamism. It will remain until the TTP is crushed or incentivized. That conflict doesn't mean they don't see the Taliban emirate as a civilizational victory and a future base for global jihad. I wish this were a conspiracy theory. Fact is, it's very obvious to all Asian countries because we know the nature of the animal. The American polity is educated about the 'Stain and the subcontinent by deepState flunkies who probably skim money from the 'tranches'. Which is why it's not so obvious from there.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-20 16:32  

#7  Pakistain is pushing the international community to recognise the Taliban.

And wanting to be bribed to do so. Nifty little move to make money off of 15 years of Business as Usual. Can't just fly into Kabul anymore, and the main land entry point was just 'closed'.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-11-20 12:11  

#6  Disengage and move on

Feel free to do so, Spike the Hairy. Start your own blog :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2022-11-20 11:23  

#5  Nothing but unsourced conspiracy theories here. You'd get better information from the opinion page of the New York Times.

Disengage and move on.
Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811   2022-11-20 10:55  

#4  In my time, I've listened to a lot of seemingly 'credible sources' from the government and/or press, Spike. The majority of them have proven to be well less than credible. There may be a modicum of truth in what they say, but somehow the message is twisted to provide the desired output for the masses.

I'll leave it to the folks who have to live with the problems everyday to give me the straight scoop.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2022-11-20 07:54  

#3  It's the diplomatic recognition, embassies and reps that they're opposing, but Islamabad has been the nasal, nagging voice in everybody's ear to 'engage with the Taliban' even before the Doha talks. It was only the 'Stain, UAE and the Saudis who immediately recognised the Taliban government. All this drama about not formally allowing them representation in the international community is only so that Islamabad can continue to control the narrative in the region, which they feel is theirs to manipulate.

Whenever Pakistain says something, it's best to assume they mean the opposite. They want nations to sit and talk about what is to be done with the 'emirate'. They want to be central to that discussion. And they want to be middlemen for the Taliban with China. They want you to waste your money in the 'reconstruction' of something that can't be reconstructed, they want to bring the terrible narrative of flogged and enslaved women to you repeatedly, the onward march of Shariah advertised daily. The world should just forget this fucking country for a decade. But it won't be allowed to. These south asian moslems simply won't let you. They'll provide excuses to remain engaged with this region, no matter if it's against all reason and fruitless an endeavour. That's just one way moslems waste everybody's time and money.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-20 03:36  

#2  That's a funny conspiracy theory.

It's literally the opposite of what this credible source states.
Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811   2022-11-20 02:39  

#1  Pakistain is pushing the international community to recognise the Taliban. This is just a farce.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-20 02:05  

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