The Taliban have contacted former President Hamid Karzai and Russia in an attempt to fulfill their commitment to form an “inclusive” government and defeat attacks on their government amid deadly chaos outside Kabul airport. , with thousands of terrorized Afghans trying to flee. Little in Taliban history suggests there is a willingness to commit to its harsh Islamist principles or to share power, but the U.S. has warned the militant group that going there alone will lead to ongoing conflict and isolation. In this context, Karzai, who led the county from 2001 to 2014, has tried to present himself as a mediator, albeit in increasingly tense circumstances.
Karzai, 63, who fell to the United States as president over U.S. drone strikes, corruption allegations and other issues, has met with Taliban leaders, including Khalil Haqqani, whom the U.S. has designated as the terrorist. Karzai is also working closely with Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the former Afghan government’s peace delegation. A Taliban leader described the acting governor of Kabul speaking over the weekend with Karzai and Abdullah. In recent days, a growing number of senior Taliban have been seen in Kabul to discuss the form of the next government, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the main Taliban diplomat, who was a senior official in the group’s government. in the nineties.
A delegation of Taliban leaders also visited the Russian embassy in Kabul, asking officials to pass an offer of negotiations to a group of Afghan leaders staying in northern Afghanistan, Russian Ambassador Dmitri said on Saturday. Zhirnov, on Russian television. Karzai’s position is tenuous. Both he and Abdullah were on a Taliban list of wanted people, and former government officials said they were concerned about their safety.
It is unclear how the US will view Karzai’s reappearance. So is it if Afghans will be convinced of the Taliban’s sudden moderation profession. A week after the Taliban took the country and the two-decade-old U.S. attempt to shape a democratic Afghanistan collapsed, there were no signs of any cabinet taking shape.
Karzai, 63, who fell to the United States as president over U.S. drone strikes, corruption allegations and other issues, has met with Taliban leaders, including Khalil Haqqani, whom the U.S. has designated as the terrorist. Karzai is also working closely with Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the former Afghan government’s peace delegation. A Taliban leader described the acting governor of Kabul speaking over the weekend with Karzai and Abdullah. In recent days, a growing number of senior Taliban have been seen in Kabul to discuss the form of the next government, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the main Taliban diplomat, who was a senior official in the group’s government. in the nineties.
A delegation of Taliban leaders also visited the Russian embassy in Kabul, asking officials to pass an offer of negotiations to a group of Afghan leaders staying in northern Afghanistan, Russian Ambassador Dmitri said on Saturday. Zhirnov, on Russian television. Karzai’s position is tenuous. Both he and Abdullah were on a Taliban list of wanted people, and former government officials said they were concerned about their safety.
It is unclear how the US will view Karzai’s reappearance. So is it if Afghans will be convinced of the Taliban’s sudden moderation profession. A week after the Taliban took the country and the two-decade-old U.S. attempt to shape a democratic Afghanistan collapsed, there were no signs of any cabinet taking shape.