{"id":10150,"date":"2021-09-23T09:17:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=10150"},"modified":"2021-09-23T09:17:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:17:07","slug":"un-security-council-on-same-page-for-inclusive-afghan-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=10150&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council on same page for inclusive Afghan govt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mishaal Arshad CM Underground News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Officials say all powers would press Taliban to be more inclusive after their military takeover.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Security Council wants \u201ca peaceful and stable Afghanistan where humanitarian aid can be distributed\u201d says UN.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Security Council seeks\u00a0\u201can Afghanistan where the rights of women and girls are respected\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are on the same page when it comes to pressing the Taliban for a more inclusive government in Afghanistan that would ensure rights for women, girls and ensure the country does not become a hub for terrorists.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China and Russia have described last month\u2019s Taliban victory as a defeat for the United States and moved to work with the insurgents, but no country has moved to recognize a government that includes international pariahs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Security Council powers all want \u201ca peaceful and stable Afghanistan where humanitarian aid can be distributed without problems and without discrimination,\u201d Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters after the meeting during the annual General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They seek \u201can Afghanistan where the rights of women and girls are respected, an Afghanistan that is not a sanctuary for terrorism, an Afghanistan with an inclusive government representing all sections of the population,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Russia met in person while their Chinese counterpart Wang Yi joined them virtually for the talks of just over an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A US official described the meeting called by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as \u201cconstructive\u201d and with \u201ca lot of convergence,\u201d including hopes that the Taliban respect the rights of women and girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody is satisfied with the composition of this interim government, including the Chinese,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to AFP before the meeting, China\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, agreed that the five powers all wanted an inclusive government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnity is everywhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has previously criticized the US for freezing billions of dollars in Afghan assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Beijing is also keen for the neighboring nation not to be a base for outside extremist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghanistan was also the subject of virtual talks by the Group of 20 major economies that included the participation of several other nations including Qatar, the hub for Taliban diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, addressing the G20, renewed concern about the Taliban caretaker government which includes no non-Taliban and no women but has ministers blacklisted by the UN on terrorism allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe announcement of a non-inclusive government was a tactical mistake by the Taliban, as it will make it harder for us to engage with them,\u201d Maas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is important that they hear this from all of us. And we should also speak with one voice when it comes to the basic political parameters and benchmarks for any future engagement with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taliban have requested to speak at the UN General Assembly but the United States, which sits on the credentialing committee, has made clear that no decision will be made before the summit ends early next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad CM Underground News Officials say all powers would press Taliban to be more inclusive after their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,71,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-important-news","category-latest-news","category-world","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10155,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150\/revisions\/10155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}