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UN to establish ties with Taliban

The UN Security Council voted Thursday to establish formal ties with Taliban-run Afghanistan, which has yet to win widespread international recognition.

It did as such in supporting a goal that doesn’t utilise the word “Taliban” and illuminates the enhanced one-year command of the UN political mission in Afghanistan, which it said was “urgent” to harmony in the country.

The vote was 14 in favour, with one abstention, by Russia.

The Security Council had been because of a decision on Thursday on a goal to get the UN’s presence in Kabul into what’s to come.

“This new mandate for UNAMA (the UN mission to Afghanistan) is crucial not only to respond to the immediate humanitarian and economic crisis but also to reach our overarching goal of peace and stability in Afghanistan,” Norwegian UN ambassador Mona Juul, whose country drafted the resolution, told AFP after the vote. 

“The Council gives a clear message with this new mandate: UNAMA has a crucial role to play in promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan and to support the Afghan people as they face unprecedented challenges and uncertainty,” Juul said.

There were worries that Russia, which has obstructed dealings this week, would reject the action.

The draft text presented by Norway reshapes the worldwide body’s relations with Kabul to represent last year’s capture of force by the Taliban.

The Taliban’s claim of power is as yet not perceived by the global community and it still can’t seem to name new agents to the UN.

The goal incorporates a few strands of participation, on the compassionate, political and common freedoms fronts, including those of ladies, youngsters and columnists.

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