KABUL (SW) – The United States has reiterated that the Islamic Emirate government will not be recognized as the legitimate government of Afghanistan until the human rights situation in the country improves.
“To date no country has publicly announced that it recognizes the Taliban (Islamic Emirate) as the government of Afghanistan, and we continue in close coordination with allies and partners calling on the Taliban (Islamic Emirate) that they need to substantially improve their human rights record before any normalization of relations,” said Vedant Patel, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department.
“We continue to reiterate regularly, through relevant channels, with the Taliban (Islamic Emirate) that their self-stated goal of legitimacy can only be achieved, and will likely be impossible to achieve, if half of their population is being left out of participating in its society, participating in its economy,” Patel said.
This comes as the senior officials of the de-facto government of the Islamic Emirate called for “interaction” with the world during the ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of the Victory Day of the Islamic Emirate.
However, experts believe that the US does not want to recognize the Islamic Emirate mostly due to political motives. These analysts consider the relationship between the Islamic Emirate with China and Russia, the problems and criticisms between the de-facto government and the United States on how to implement the articles of the Doha Agreement, and the internal issues of the United States, including the presidential elections and the public opinions, as the main obstacles to the recognition of the Islamic Emirate.
“The basic problem of America is a political problem,” said Ajmal Zurmati, an expert on international relations. “After leaving Afghanistan, the US is worried that the place it had in Afghanistan, not be filled by China and Russia. Therefore, they want to know what the Islamic Emirate’s relations with Russia and China are like.”
On the other hand, analysts consider that the official recognition of the Islamic Emirate by countries requires some measures that must be implemented internally by the de-facto government.
Solving the issue of human rights, forming a comprehensive government and creating a clear foreign policy doctrine on the part of the Islamic Emirate to interact with the countries of the region, the Islamic world and the Western countries are among the issues that experts want to be considered by the Islamic Emirate.
Abdul Qadir Qanat, a political affairs expert, says: “Creating an inclusive system, the right to education for women, and the right to political participation are things that countries want from the current government, and there is a series of problems facing the current government that is why the world doesn’t recognize this government.”
It is also reported that the Islamic Emirate has claimed that the US has been obstructing recognition efforts by other countries as well. The situation highlights the ongoing complex interplay of international relations and domestic policy as the Islamic Emirate continues to seek global acceptance and legitimacy.
Even though the Islamic Emirate has not reacted to these words of the deputy spokesperson of the US State Department, however before this, it has always called the issue of human rights as an internal issue of Afghanistan.
