Taliban
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The Afghan embassy in Oman has resumed its activities. It is noted that the activities of the embassy are conducted by diplomats appointed by the Taliban. Currently, Afghan diplomatic missions operate in 39 countries of the world.
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Kyrgyzstan removed the Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations after Kazakhstan. Many countries in the region have established large-scale cooperative relations with Kabul, started implementing joint projects. What is the reason for these countries' desire to improve relations with the Taliban?
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Global forces led by the US left Afghanistan in August 2021, 20 years after their invasion. Power passed into the hands of the Taliban. Three years later, the Taliban is slowly being recognized. In particular, the UAE received the badges from the new ambassador of the Taliban, and Kazakhstan from its representative.
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The Afghan government has banned Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, from entering the country. Taliban officials say Bennett is "not a trustworthy person" and was assigned to campaign in Afghanistan.
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The delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov visited the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and held multilateral talks with the leadership of the Taliban. At the meetings, the issues of increasing the mutual trade turnover to 1 billion dollars in 2024 and to 3 billion dollars in the near future, organizing an exhibition of Uzbekistan products in Afghanistan, and ensuring the active work of Afghan entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan were discussed.
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August 15 marks three years since the US-led Western forces left Afghanistan and the Taliban took power. In this regard, a military parade was held at the former "Bagram" base, which served as a base for the main US operation for 20 years. It used military equipment seized from the USSR and the West.
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Pakistani troops shelled the Afghan border town of Torkham with mortars. As a result, a mother and her child died, and another person was injured. In response to the attack, the Taliban also bombarded Pakistani border posts.
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The Taliban government has announced that it has severed consular relations with a number of embassies in Afghanistan that remain loyal to the former administration in the West. No country has yet officially recognized the Taliban government, which has ruled the country since 2021, but over the past three years, Kabul has appointed ambassadors to embassies in some neighboring countries.
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Meetings on Afghanistan are taking place under the auspices of the UN in Doha, the capital of Qatar. In it, the US, along with a number of other countries, promised to lift restrictions on Afghanistan's banking and economic activities. The Taliban welcomed this promise. "The position of Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, the United States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is worthy of applause," said Zabihullah Mujahid, a representative of the Taliban.
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In the event that Israel invades Lebanon, the Taliban will fight against the invaders on the northern front together with the Hezbollah resistance movement. The leaders of the movement told Iran that thousands of fighters in their ranks are "ready to go to this honorable war" if possible.