After failing to convince the world to recognise it, the Taliban’s “Islamic emirate” has approached Turkey’s leaders for “help”.
The Taliban’s new hard liners delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Maulvi Amir Khan Mottaki has reached Turkey after spending three days in Doha, Qatari capital. Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a series of tweets.
نن د بهرنیو چارو د وزیر محترم مولوي امیرخان متقی په مشري لوړ رتبه هیئت ترکیې ته روان شو.
د ا.ا.ا یو لوړ پوړۍ پلاوی د ترکیې هیواد د بهرنیو چارو د وزیر داود اغلو په رسمي بلنه انقری ته روان شو. یاد هیئت به د ترکیې له لوړ رتبه چارواکو سره دعلاقي وړ موضوعاتو په هکله خبري وکړي pic.twitter.com/8x4F2xm3qN
— Abdul Qahar Balkhi (@QaharBalkhi) October 14, 2021
Leaders and representatives from G20 nations including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have stressed the importance of supporting Afghanistan but without recognizing the Taliban. Erdogan underlined that the Taliban "has not yet delivered what's expected".
"The government in Afghanistan is not inclusive, is not embracing all different factions. So long as that will be the question, we won't be present in Afghanistan, but if the government shall be more inclusive, we can be there, present, as Turkey.”
In Doha, the Turkish officials also told the Taliban delegation that Turkey will not start international flights to Kabul and the inclusive government in Afghanistan is crucial in reaching a deal regarding the operation of the airport in Kabul. Turkey has been holding regular talks with the Taliban in Kabul, where it still has a diplomatic presence.
Earlier on Wednesday, The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had announced that the foreign ministers of several Muslim countries are planning to go to Kabul to put pressure on the Taliban leaders to recognise that “the exclusion of women and girls from education is a distortion of the Islamic faith,”.
According to The Guardian, the Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Indonesian counterpart, Retno Marsudi, the most senior Muslim female diplomat in the world will be visiting Kabul in the coming weeks.
“The visit would also be an attempt to set the terms for improved humanitarian support for Afghanistan,” reports The Guardian quoting Mevlut Cavusoglu.
The Taliban were notorious for their brutally oppressive rule from 1996 to 2001, when women were banned from going to school or work and only allowed to leave the house with a male chaperone. They have promised to change, saying they would respect women's rights within the framework of Islamic sharia law, but they are following the same brutal regressive regime.
Meanwhile, Russia has the Taliban leadership to participate in a meeting of the 'Moscow format' on Afghanistan in the Russian capital on October 20. The Moscow format is a negotiation mechanism established by Russia in 2017 to address Afghan issues. It includes Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, and some other countries.
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