Pakistan calla for direct engagement with Taliban government in Afghanistan

Pakistan calla for direct engagement with Taliban government in Afghanistan

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has saidthat direct engagement with the Taliban is the only way to prevent a humancatastrophe.

In an interview with Reuters, he said engagement would also encourage theprotection of human rights and the establishment of broad-based andconstitutional government.

Fawad Chaudhry said it is time the United States, China and other majorpowers set out a framework for formal recognition of Afghanistan’s newrulers and for the removal of United Nations sanctions on Taliban members,including some members of the new government