Meeting of American and Pakistani officials at the United Nations about Afghanistan.
“Thomas West”, the US special representative for Afghanistan affairs, met with “Jalil Abbas Jilani”, the foreign minister of the interim government of Pakistan, on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly.
West wrote in his user account on the X network (former Twitter) that he discussed common security interests during the meeting. He wrote: “During this meeting, we discussed common security interests, the need to protect the rights of Afghan women and girls, and the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.”
Thomas West also said that he had also talked with David Miliband, the head of the International Rescue Committee, and Anniken Hoitfeld, the foreign minister of Norway, about humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.
Thomas West is the same American diplomat who took responsibility for the Afghanistan case in the US State Department after Zalmay Khalilzad withdrew. He has also had direct negotiations with the Taliban on several occasions. Among other things, the website of the US State Department has confirmed that Thomas West met with senior Taliban leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on June 29-30 at the head of a delegation from Washington. According to the announcement of the US State Department, in this meeting, the officials of the US Department of State and Treasury, as well as the US Agency for International Development, met with representatives of the Taliban.
At that time, the American delegation, claiming to express regret for last year’s earthquake in Afghanistan, claimed the support of the United States in the form of providing new aid of 55 million dollars to the people of this country. Also, according to Anatoly, the continuation and expansion of the Taliban’s restrictions on the rights of Afghan women and girls was one of the main topics of this meeting. It was stated in this statement: America and the Taliban want to expand exchanges related to the fight against narcotics and preparedness to deal with natural disasters.
In this meeting, the Taliban emphasized its commitment that it will not allow any country to use the territory of Afghanistan to threaten another country.
American officials also expressed their concerns about the continued presence of Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
While the US government claims to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, it blocks a significant percentage of the country’s foreign assets and does not allow access to them.
“Zhang Jun”, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, previously called the US action against Afghan assets unjustified and announced that the US should immediately cancel its decision regarding Afghanistan’s foreign assets and return these assets to this poor country. , to help reduce the humanitarian crisis in this country.