Pakistan’s special envoy to Kabul said that forming an inclusive Afghan government is a daunting task

• The Special Envoy of Pakistan in Kabul shared his assessment of the situation in Afghanistan.
• It is said that negotiations to establish an inclusive government are ongoing, but it is a complicated and difficult process.
• Mansoor Ahmed Khan said: “Afghanistan has complex ethnic factors, which makes negotiations difficult.”

Kabul: Pakistan’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Mansour Ahmed Khan, said that the process of forming an inclusive government in Afghanistan is a “difficult and complicated” process, but both parties “hope” to achieve this goal.

Speaking with Geo News Mansour Khan from Kabul said that contacts with the Taliban in Afghanistan have been ongoing during the peace process in the past two years. The main concern of the international community is that only an inclusive government can ensure lasting peace in this war-torn country. The group tries to enforce its rules, and it will not be a lasting one.

He said that since the Ashraf Ghani government was overthrown and the Taliban took over, the Taliban and Afghan leaders, including former President Hamid Karzai, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Gurbadin Hikmatyar is working hard and negotiating the formation of a government.

When asked if he wants to establish an inclusive government in Afghanistan, he said: “I have talked with both parties, and my feedback is that they hope to get closer to this goal in the next few days. We also hope that both parties will Work hard to achieve this goal, but it will be a difficult and complicated process.”

When sharing his assessment of the obstacles, the Pakistani envoy said that this is difficult because Afghanistan has a complex ethnic dimension, and the Taliban call themselves representatives of Pashtuns, as well as non-Pashtun groups.

“When we talk about building an inclusive government through a political solution, one of the main issues is what kind of constitution is acceptable. The two sides have different opinions. Human rights is also an important issue to be discussed, and inclusive factors also need to be addressed.”

Mansour Ahmed Khan, who met with the Afghan leader in the last few days after the Taliban took over, said he called this a complicated process because it is difficult to concentrate all these forces on one point.

He was also asked whether the Taliban showed flexibility in the negotiations.

In this regard, he said: “The negotiations with the Taliban in the past two years are very clear. The international community has conveyed to the Taliban a desire for an inclusive political setting with the rule of law, respect for human rights, and women’s rights. Accept.”

The envoy said that according to his understanding, the Taliban are now aware that these concerns were raised after the exclusive government they established in the 1990s.