Prospect of International Recognition of Taliban Decreasing, Says Iranian Diplomat
Mohammad Reza Bahrami, the former Iranian ambassador to Kabul, said that the prospect of international recognition of the Taliban is declining.
Mohammad Reza Bahrami, the former Iranian ambassador to Kabul, said that the prospect of international recognition of the Taliban is declining.
Bahrami stressed that governance and Taliban policies towards foreign extremist groups are the reasons for international players’ non-recognition of the group.
The Iranian diplomat said on Twitter that the consequence of the current situation in Afghanistan is the inevitable deepening of internal rifts between the Taliban factions, which according to Bahrami, is based on the struggle for power.
Recently, addressing the UN Security Council, Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General's special representative for Afghanistan, said that it is impossible to recognise the Taliban as long as restrictions against women remain in place.
After taking over Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban imposed extensive restrictions on Afghan women and girls. The group has been accused of serious human rights violations across the country.
Even though the international community has repeatedly asked the Taliban to lift these bans and restrictions, the Taliban has insisted on its position of depriving Afghan women and girls from their right to work and education.
However, in an audio tape attributed to the Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and published on Wednesday, on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, it has been stated that the world has refused to recognise the Taliban government because of the "shame of failure" in Afghanistan.
The Taliban leader said that it isn’t true that the international community doesn’t recognise the Taliban due to the group taking power by force in Afghanistan.
In this audio tape, the leader of the Taliban emphasised that the group will not "negotiate" on the implementation of Sharia law.
Akhundzada added that the implementation of Sharia continues, and he is trying to make the entire Taliban government and laws Sharia-based.
