On Sunday, former senator Afrasiab Khattak questioned the absence of the security system when militants returned to Swat and claimed that this time, the public has had enough and has firmly opposed terrorism.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa people have disapproved of talks and agreements with the Taliban. The US and Europe want to obstruct China, utilise our region, and shed more Pakhtun blood, he continued, adding that at least 95% of the 70,000 Pakistanis killed by the Taliban were Pakhtun. This is part of the “new grand game,” he claimed.
The former Awami National Party stalwart alleged during a session titled “Making Deals with the Afghan Taliban and its Fallout” that over 1,000 party members had been killed by the Taliban, but not a single murderer had been brought to justice up to that point.
Regarding the current state of affairs in Afghanistan, Mr. Khattak stated that the violence there still constituted “part of big global games” and had not been de-internationalized.
According to Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, a former Afghan envoy to Pakistan, since Kabul’s fall, the Taliban have not faced any opposition, hence they are not in need of negotiations.
He said that there was no worldwide pressure to take action against the extremist Islamic State or Al-Qaeda since that community was primarily concerned with issues affecting women.
Afghans were enraged by the civil leadership’s weakness and the non-Taliban leadership’s continued fragmentation, according to Mr. Zakhilwal.
He said, however, that the Taliban regime will face challenges in the future both internally and outside. The Taliban wanted worldwide legitimacy, but it wasn’t happening.
I anticipate discussions at some point,” he continued.
The Afghan Taliban won’t show any flexibility, according to Mahbouba Seraj, the founder of the Afghan Women’s Network, because they have everything they need.
They have access to food, money for their soldiers, and a wonderful existence. Why would they consent to their inclusion if they don’t believe in women or their existence? She continued by saying that without the participation of the Afghan people, the US had talks with the Taliban.
One of the effects of the Taliban taking control Kabul, according to Jasteena Dhillon, a legal expert and consultant with UN-Women, who took part electronically, is the marginalisation of women.
There had been a number of decisions made to detach women and their capacity to speak up for themselves, but Ms. Dhillon claimed that this was still happening at a significant cost.
She enumerated the measures made by the interim Afghan government to marginalised women, including the elimination of ministries and commissions for their protection, the revocation of women’s legal practise licences, and a ban on them enrolling in legal exams.
Laws are not being implemented effectively. Women are unable to engage [in the process] because the Taliban are not upholding their own agreements, she bemoaned.
