The Diplomatic Missions of the former republican government have welcomed the recent report of the UN Security Council’s monitoring team on the security situation in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
In a statement on Monday, the missions called the report a “detailed and comprehensive assessment” of the “tragic, dire, and dangerous” situation in the country since the Taliban took over in August 2021.
The statement said the report confirmed the consequences of the Taliban’s “imposed rule, exclusionary and misogynistic policies, including grave violation of human rights,” and the people’s demands for an inclusive government.
The statement also said the report validated concerns that the lack of legitimate governance and the rule of law would result in a deepened crisis with dangerous security and other implications in Afghanistan and beyond.
The statement asserted the UNSC’s monitoring report on the close and symbiotic relationship between the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and other transnational terrorist outfits. It also highlighted the Taliban’s alleged involvement in the drug trade.
The mission called on the international community to seek effective ways to overcome the “dangerous” crisis in Afghanistan and pressure the Taliban to yield to the people’s demands.
“Renewed regional and international engagement is needed to start and advance a political process that results in the formation of an inclusive, representative, and people’s-centric governing structure that is able to meet people’s aspirations,” the statement concluded.
The 14th report of UNSC’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team suggested that the Taliban has returned to exclusionary, Pashtun-centric and autocratic policies, is split in leadership, has strengthened strong ties with terrorist groups, including Al-Qaeda, and carries out drug trafficking activities, among others.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid denied these allegations and called the UNSC’s report “biased” and “far from reality.”
