Hekmatyar: Iran is trying to prevent recognition of the Taliban government

As the Taliban movement, which has taken full control of Afghanistan since mid-August, seeks international recognition for its government, the leader of the Afghan Islamic Party, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, revealed that Iran is trying to prevent the recognition of the government of the movement.

He added that while China, Russia, Pakistan and a number of other neighboring countries intended to recognize the Taliban, Iran held a conference to prevent this action.

Furthermore, Hekmatyar explained that “Afghans want all their neighbors to have a positive and constructive policy towards Afghanistan, stressing that Afghans are urging all neighbors in particularly not to interfere in the affairs of their country and to stop supporting and investing in the continuation of the war ».

Tehran hosted the “Afghanistan’s Neighbors” conference on 27 last month, in which the Taliban announced they would not participate.

Formation of an inclusive government

On October 18, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that six countries, namely Iran, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, would participate in a presence meeting at the level of foreign ministers in Tehran.

The participating parties focused their efforts on how to help form an inclusive government in Afghanistan with the participation of all ethnic groups and the first session was held on 8 September last via Internet.

Zabihullah Mujahid (archive photo from AFP)
Zabihullah Mujahid (archive photo from AFP)

The Taliban seek international recognition

It is interesting to note that the Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, last September called on the international community to recognize the interim government of the movement, at the same time calling for the lifting of the freezing of the country’s assets abroad.

He said in an interview with the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation at the time that the movement wants positive diplomatic relations with the rest of the world, pointing out that the purpose of government formation is to work with the world.

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