UNSC Passes Resolution To Establish Formal Ties With Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan. Conditions Apply

The UNSC resolution spells out the new one-year mandate of the UN political mission in Afghanistan, which it said was 'crucial' for maintaining peace in the country. 

United Nations: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday voted in favour of establishing formal ties with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, which has yet to win a larger international recognition, news agency AFP reported.

The Taliban took over Prime Minister Ashraf Ghani-ruled Afghanistan in August last year after the United States called back its troop from the country post a two-decade of war in Kabul.

The UNSC approved the resolution on the condition that the new regime will not use the word Taliban.

According to reports, the resolution spells out the new one-year mandate of the UN political mission in Afghanistan, which it said was 'crucial' for maintaining peace in the country. 

The vote was 14 in favor of the resolution, with one abstention, by Russia.

The resolution demands cooperation from the current regime on several fronts including humanitarian issues, political and human rights fronts, including those of women, children and journalists.

"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 further.

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Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August last year, no country has recognised the regime. Recently, Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi Afghans are capable of forming their own government, adding that efforts were underway to increase inclusivity in the Taliban-led government.

Muttaqi also insisted that Afghanistan does not intend to be a country for conflicts of superpowers of the world.

(With inputs from AFP)