Islamabad:
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday mentioned Afghanistan could not be “controlled from the outside” and that Islamabad will continue to support the war-torn neighbouring country even as he urged the Taliban to fulfil the promises they have made.
Addressing the 20th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State (SCO-CHS) Summit in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, Khan highlighted the need to mobilise international support for an immediate humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan which is now ruled by the Taliban.
“We ought to bear in mind that the Afghan government is mainly depended on foreign help,” he was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.
“The Taliban ought to fulfil the promises they have made.”
“Pakistan has a very important interest in a peaceful and steady Afghanistan and will continue to lend its assistance,” Khan mentioned, adding that Afghanistan could not be “controlled from the outside”.
The eight-member SCO grouping of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan is holding its 21st summit at Dushanbe.
Afghanistan is an observer in the SCO.
The Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks just before the US’ comprehensive troop withdrawal on August 31 following a pricey two-decade war. This forced Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to flee the nation to the UAE.
The Taliban terrorists rushed across Afghanistan and captured all key cities in a matter of days, as Afghan safety forces educated and equipped by the US and its allies melted away.
Thousands of Afghan nationals and foreigners have fled the nation to escape the new Taliban regime and to seek asylum in various nations, like the US and lots of European nations, resulting in total chaos and deaths.