“If they don’t involve all the factions, sooner or later there will be a civil war between them,” he told the BBC in an interview aired on Tuesday.
Khan said Pakistan is primarily concerned about the potential for a humanitarian and refugee crisis if a civil war breaks out, as well as the possibility of Afghan soil being used by armed groups fighting the Pakistani government. “It would mean an unstable, chaotic Afghanistan,” Khan said. “It (Afghanistan) is an ideal place for terrorists, if there is no control or if the fighting is going on. And that is our concern. So terrorism from Afghan soil, and secondly, if there is a humanitarian crisis or civil war, our A refugee issue,” Khan said.
Pakistan’s prime minister set three conditions for formally recognizing the new Taliban government: the new leadership must be inclusive, respect human rights, and that Afghanistan should not be used to harbor terrorists who attack Pakistan. may endanger the safety of.
Asked whether the Taliban accepted the conditions, whether Pakistan would formally recognize the Taliban government, Imran replied that Pakistan would take a decision on formally recognizing the Taliban government along with neighboring countries.
“All the neighbors will come together and see how they proceed,” he said, adding that whether or not to identify them would be a collective decision. However, Pakistan was a major ally of the previous Taliban government in Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.
Imran termed the act of stopping girls from going to school as un-Islamic. Last week, the Taliban kicked girls out of secondary schools, with only boys and male teachers allowed back. But the Pakistan leader said he was confident that girls would be able to join it soon.
“I think they will allow women to go to school,” he said. “It is too early to say anything,” she said, adding that she hopes Afghan women will eventually “claim their rights”.
The PM urged the international community to be patient with the latest changes in the Afghan scenario. After 20 years of civil war, Imran said, Taliban has come to power.
Time and again, Khan and his ministers have called on the world to engage with the Taliban’s interim government to avoid the possibility of Afghan structures collapsing due to a lack of central bank funds.
Afghanistan’s central bank holds an estimated $10 billion in foreign bank accounts, especially US Federal Reserve, after the Taliban’s takeover of the country a month earlier.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister on Monday Shah Mehmood Qureshi Reiterating calls for the release of those funds to allow Afghan government institutions, including schools and hospitals, to function. “On the one hand, you’re raising fresh funds to avert a crisis, and on the other, the money they have is theirs they can’t use.” Qureshi told the media in New York, where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly.
After the 9/11 attacks, Pakistan aligned itself with the US in the war on terrorism. At the same time, parts of the country’s military and intelligence establishment maintained links with Islamist groups such as the Haqqani network and the Taliban, a charge Islamabad denies.
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