Pakistan warns of the effects of the ‘economic crisis’ on Afghanistan | Taliban Stories

Pakistan is hosting an OIC summit aimed at finding a way for countries to provide assistance to Afghanistan, despite being punished.

Countries with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are holding a special meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, to discuss solutions. human problems in neighboring Afghanistan.

Delegates from 57 Muslim countries and observers met on Sunday in Afghanistan’s largest conference since the US-backed government in Kabul collapsed in August.

After the Taliban lightning returns to power, billions of dollars are helping with goods were suspended by states, placing a world of 38 million people in a state of extreme famine since the beginning of history.

Pakistani officials say 70 delegates are taking part, including Taliban Foreign Minister Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi and delegates from the US, China, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations.

Ambassadors are faced with the daunting task of devising a way to help Afghanistan’s endangered economy without the support of the Taliban, whose government has not been recognized around the world.

Any pledge of allegiance must be announced Sunday evening.

Speaking at the opening of the special meeting, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the escalation of the crisis could mean severe starvation and an influx of refugees.

“We cannot ignore the seriousness of the financial crisis,” Qureshi said.

He said the OIC was being asked to consider six steps to help Afghanistan work together with Taliban authorities to resolve the crisis in their country.

It would include coordinating aid, raising funds, helping to rebuild Afghan institutions and providing technical experts to better manage the economy.

No countries have already recognized it Taliban Government. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were the only three countries that recognized the Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001.

Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, said the OIC’s loyalty was at stake, following previous protests for failing to live up to its promises.

“All eyes will be on the conference,” Hyder said. “It will be important to see if these countries, which are the second largest group of nations after the United Nations, are able to find a clear solution to help Afghanistan in its crisis.”

The US special envoy to Afghanistan Tom West, who is also present at the summit, said he wanted to work with humanitarian organizations in the country and find ways to provide assistance.

2/3 I also received valuable advice from the initiators of emergency programs in Afghanistan, including the ICRC, NRC, IMC, and UN allies. Their mission is to save lives – we must help them grow and adapt as they face uncertainty about US policies.

– US Special Representative Thomas West (@ US4AfghanPeace) December 18, 2021

The OIC summit did not expect to give the new Taliban government a much-needed international recognition.

Prior to the meeting, Qureshi said the conference would be about “Afghan people” and not “any other group”.

He stressed that there was a difference between “awareness and action” and the new system in Kabul.

“Let’s move them by encouraging them, through positive means, to move in the right direction,” he told reporters.

“The principle of coercion and intimidation did not work. If it had worked, we would not have been in such a situation.