Foreign Affairs: America cannot isolate the Taliban

, “Foreign Affairs” publication affiliated with the American “Council on Foreign Relations” think tank analyzed why the American efforts to isolate the Afghan ruling body failed.

This publication, considering the role of China in the failure of the US efforts to isolate the Taliban government, accepts the credentials of the newly appointed Taliban ambassador by the president of this country, Xi Jinping, as the most important challenge to the consensus led by the US against normalization with the ruling body. Afghanistan knew.

The article stated that the American approach during the past two years was not only to refuse to recognize the Taliban, but also to maintain an international consensus on this matter. , added: The Biden government has clearly stated that it intends to use the threat of diplomatic isolation to persuade the Taliban to improve their behavior in three main areas: respecting human rights, especially women’s rights, suppressing terrorist activities on Afghan soil, and accepting a structure A more inclusive government that reflects the diverse ethnic, religious and tribal society of Afghanistan. The Taliban have made strong diplomatic efforts to establish relations with neighboring countries, and referring to Kabul’s hosting of 18 foreign embassies and the active presence of more embassies and political representations of Afghanistan abroad, he wrote: Taliban leaders have continuously strengthened their economic relations with Various countries have expanded in the region, including more distant neighbors such as Azerbaijan. Even India, the regional power most wary of the Taliban’s rise to power, reopened its embassy in Kabul in 2022 and allowed the Taliban to take control of the Afghan embassy in New Delhi in 2023.

The publication affiliated with the American Council on Foreign Relations think tank also stated: The loss of consensus on the diplomatic isolation of the Taliban raises important questions for Washington and its partners. . Non-identification is no longer a valid coercive tool, and if the United States seeks to influence the Taliban’s behavior, it must find other ways to achieve its desired goals.