KABUL – Afghanistan’s mission to the United Nations has hit out atPakistan’s invitation to Taliban to talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Afghanistan has voiced its concern at Taliban negotiators’ planned visit toPakistan in a letter to the UN Security Council, reports RFE/RL’s RadioMashaal.
The Taliban leaders traveling to Islamabad were under UN sanctions,according to the letter, which argued Kabul should have been consultedbefore the meeting.
Earlier in the week, the militant movement said its representatives wouldmeet US officials in Pakistan on February 18. They will also meet Khan onPakistan-Afghanistan relations.
The Taliban-Pakistan meeting amounted to a violation of Afghanistan’snational sovereignty, the mission said, complaining there was nocoordination with the Afghan government.
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Pakistan’s invitation to the Taliban amounted to the official recognitionand legitimisation of an armed group that posed a serious threat toAfghanistan’s security.
The Taliban members were sanctioned by provisions of the UN SecurityCouncil s 1988 Committee’s sanctions regime, the letter concluded. -Pajhwok
