US secretary of State Anthony Blinkon has said that Pakistan had deep ties with the Taliban. According to details, the Us Secretary of state was addressing a news conference in Washington DC.
He said that Pakistan has also supported the Taliban as it battled the US-Backed government in Kabul for 20 years, however, Islamabad had denied the said allegations.
The United States will be looking at its relationship with Pakistan in the coming weeks, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said to formulate what role Washington would want to play in the future of Afghanistan.
Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee that Pakistan has a “multiplicity of interests some that were in conflict with ours, Anthony added.
It was one that was involved in hedging its bets constantly about the future of Afghanistan, it’s one that’s involved harbouring members of the Taliban … It is one that’s also involved in different points of cooperation with us on counterterrorism,” Blinken said.
Asked by lawmakers if it is time for Washington to reassess its relationship with Pakistan, Blinken said the administration would soon be doing that.
The United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan culminated with a hastily organized airlift that left thousands of US-allied Afghans behind and was punctuated by a suicide bombing outside Kabul’s airport that killed 13 US troops and scores of Afghans.
The United States and Western countries are in a difficult balancing act in the aftermath of the Taliban’s victory – reluctant to recognize the group while accepting the reality that they will have to engage with them to prevent a looming humanitarian crisis.