Afghanistan Peace CampaignSome political analysts said that it is necessary for the Islamic Emirate to give in to some of the demands of the international community.
Andrew Mitchell MP, Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, said the government will keep “very much under review” calls to reopen the UK embassy in Afghanistan, but the security and political situation does not currently allow them to re-establish a diplomatic presence in Kabul.
Mitchell said that the policy of the Islamic Emirate’s change of approach towards women and ethnic minorities, the release of British hostages, and Afghanistan not turning into terrorist bases again have been mentioned as fundamental conditions of the UK against the Islamic Emirate.
Andrew Mitchell MP, Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, said: “And rights be rolled back elsewhere to minority groups such as the Hazara people faced discrimination and attacks. The position of the UK … is that the UN security resolutions have consistently set out the basic expectations of the Taliban, this include preserving the rights of women and minorities and ensuring Afghanistan will no longer be used as a base for terrorist activities. Senior officials speak regularly to the Taliban including, to secure the release of four British national detainees last October. Officials also visit Kabul if situation permits including a visit last month for the British chargé d’affaires to Kabul where he met a wide range of senior Taliban’s figures. Regardless of complexities of relationship that the UK government has helped lead the way in securing the Afghan people. And in respect to his plea about the embassy, we will note what he has said, and keep that very much under review.”
Some political analysts said that it is necessary for the Islamic Emirate to give in to some of the demands of the international community.
“The Islamic Emirate must eliminate the small and big excuses that regional countries and superpowers like Britain have,” Abdul Matin Naseri, a political analyst, told TOLOnews.
Earlier, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting foreign minister, said he met with the current Afghan government, in a meeting with Robert Chatterton Dickson, the ad interim chargé d’affaires of the UK mission in Afghanistan.