Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has stated that nobody was in a haste to recognize the Taliban government and advised them to be more subtle and receptive to the international perspective.
In a conference with the UN press representatives in New York, FM Qureshi advised the world to support Afghans at a critical stage through different steps, including relaxing their assets.
“Afghans have faced war in the last four decades so the international community should not leave Afghans alone now,” stated the foreign minister.
He added, “a peaceful Afghanistan will benefit the whole region. Pakistan wants peace and stability in Afghanistan because if the Afghanistan situation deteriorates, Pakistan will be [the] most affected.”
Qureshi said Pakistan has been accommodating more than three million Afghan refugees for the last forty years with inadequate resources and without economic support from the global community.
Pakistan’s economy can no longer tolerate the load of refugees, he added.
Qureshi said that Pakistan gave all-out support for the removal of citizens, diplomatic staff and media officials of different countries from Afghanistan.
