Afghanistan Peace CampaignPakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan further stated that the level of corruption and drug cultivation have decreased in Afghanistan.
Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, said that Pakistan will not unilaterally take steps to recognize the current Afghan government.
Speaking at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Durrani said that they will act simultaneously with other countries to recognize the government of Afghanistan.
“We will recognize the Taliban regime simultaneously. We will not recognize the Taliban regime unilaterally,” Durrani added.
Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan further stated that the level of corruption and drug cultivation have decreased in Afghanistan.
“The positive thing in Afghanistan is that there is less corruption, which is internationally recognized. They have raised their revenues which is internationally recognized. The security in the country … is internationally recognized. And then, drug or opium cultivation are at its all-time low,” Asif Durrani noted.
According to Durrani, the ban on women in Afghanistan by the Islamic Emirate is a cultural issue.
“The four-year policy has been made which contains everything. God willing, in the near future, security will reach 100% and drug cultivation will be reduced to zero,” Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesman of interior ministry told TOLOnews.
Meanwhile, some political analysts shared different views regarding the relations between Kabul with its neighbors and the region.
“The recent remarks of Pakistan’s representative for Afghanistan, represent Pakistan’s retreat in the policies it uses towards Afghanistan,” said Abdul Rauf Tawana, another political analyst.