Taliban want to speak at UNGA :

Taliban want to speak at UNGA :

What really matters guess who else wants to speak at the ung the taliban they want an invite to the united nations their foreign minister has written a letter to u.n secretary general antonio gutierrez and he has made two demands number one to nominate their spokesman suhail shaheen as afghanistan's envoy to the u.n and number two to participate in the ongoing general debate the foreign minister amir khan mutaki wants to make a speech will the u.n allow it well it looks unlikely at the moment un accreditation is determined by a special committee it has nine members including the u.s russia and china now this committee usually meets around october or november but this unga session ends on monday so technically.

It's too late unless the world community bends over backwards to invite the taliban fingers crossed that won't happen as it stands golam is afghanistan's representative he was appointed by the ashraf ghani government his ung address is scheduled for monday the taliban says mission is over and that he no longerrepresents afghanistan and frankly i don't understand the taliban's eagerness.

They may not have an envoy in new york but they have the next best thing they have xiaomi muthuraishi pakistan's foreign minister his unga mission was off to a rocky start pakistan found itself isolated even before the session kicked offlet me tell you what happened nepal was convening a sarc foreign minister's meeting at the unga one tiny problem who would represent afghanistan now pakistan's position was clear on this invite the taliban.

They said and keep the ousted government's envoy out none of the other countries agreed they refused to invite the taliban and so the meeting was cancelled you could say it sums up the story of sark a grouping full of potential held back by one member pakistan and just to be clear none of the south members recognized the taliban regime not even pakistan technically so what was the hurry to invite them to sark is it because pakistan is losing control of the taliban well that's very much a possibility things are not going well between god father and god child or master and proxy whatever you want to call it pakistan's.

Prime minister imran khan is lobbying for an inclusive taliban government not because he loves inclusivity or equality but because it's easier to market here's what he said in a recent interview i'm quoting if the taliban do not have an inclusive government and gradually descends into a civil war that will impact pakistan a chaotic and unstable afghanistan is an ideal place for terrorists imran khan said this he also slammed the taliban's ban on women's education he called it un-islamic so where is this criticism coming from pakistan is using the haqqani network to control the taliban but their kandahar faction is unhappy these are afghan nationalists opposed to pakistani interference.

Here's what the information minister zabula mujahid said pakistan or any country has no right to ask the islamic emirate to establish an inclusive government in afghanistan and they're not stopping at words let me show you what happened at the torquam border a pakistani truck was stationed at the checkpost it had a pakistani flag on the windshield taliban fighters charged the

truck and tore down the flag look at how this played out so much for being a godfather pakistani flags being shredded by the taliban.

What does islamabad do lobby for them at the united nations tells you how the power equations are changing pakistan may have cultivated this monster but controlling it is not going to be easy and we are already seeing the repercussions that alibaba have stepped up attacks in pakistan at least 52 pakistani security officials were killed last month even pakistani cricket is suffering two countries have refused to play in pakistan england and new zealand both cited security concerns this is the cost of supporting the taliban.

Imran khan can try to reform them or say he is trying but it won't work look at their cabinet expansion another all-male list of ministers the taliban have come with an agenda and no one not even pakistan they say can deter them their latest target is the ipl the indian premier league the tournament is underway in the uae a few afghan cricketers are also playing but back home in afghanistan no one can watch them play because the taliban have banned ipl broadcast and wait till you hear why the indian premier league has cheerleaders it has female spectators not all of them were burkas so the taliban is calling the ipl anti-islamic content just a reminder the tournament is happening in the united arab emirates a muslim monarchy that uses the sharia law.

They have no problems with the ipl but the taliban do as we keep saying this is not about religion or culture this is about a bigoted vision a group of power hungry terrorists with some new and powerful allies.