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One Big
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Does the United States’
withdrawal from Afghanistan weaken its global
influence? | |
As
the Taliban continues to solidify power in
Afghanistan following the United States’ military
withdrawal, other foreign powers including Russia
and China have begun diplomatic engagement with
the terrorist group’s leaders. Beijing has suggested
that they could support the Taliban if they cut
ties with a separatist movement in China’s
Xinjiang province where they are incarcerating
millions of Uighurs. Last month, Taliban
leaders met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang
Yi where he promised that China would not
interfere in Afghanistan’s internal
affairs and that the Taliban would be
expected to “play an important role in the process
of peace, reconciliation and reconstruction” of
the country. Similarly, Russia has expressed interest in
cooperating with the Taliban but has
simultaneously demonstrated caution by expanding
military exercises with neighboring Tajikistan.
Moscow has designated the Taliban as a terrorist
group but has hosted Taliban officials several
times in recent years. US military intelligence
also concluded that Russia worked with the Taliban
as recently as 2019 by offering bounties
for US soldiers in Afghanistan. Finally, many
experts believe that Pakistan has played a major
role in the Taliban’s unexpectedly swift takeover
of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. For many years
the US has suspected ties between Pakistan’s
intelligence agency and the
Taliban.
Other foreign powers have
supported the Afghan people and condemned the
Taliban’s human rights record and treatment of
women and girls. Following an emergency meeting of
its Foreign Ministers, the European Union stated
that it will only cooperate with the Taliban if
they respect fundamental rights, including those
of women, and prevent the use of Afghanistan’s
territory by terrorists. The EU has no plans of
recognizing the Taliban as the legitimate
government but will work with the terrorist group
on humanitarian issues and evacuating its
citizens. The
United Nations has advocated for an end to
hostilities in Afghanistan, humanitarian aid to
the country, and the creation of a representative
government that will protect the rights of women
and keep the country from once again
becoming a haven for global terrorist
plots.
Keep up to date on the
latest developments in
Afghanistan HERE
Read
more on the Taliban’s human rights
record HERE | |
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