Excluded from the international community but recognized by Moscow
Today the Taliban celebrates the fourth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan, encouraged by the recognition of their government by Russia and hoping that other countries follow the example. Parades are foreseen in different cities, including the center of Kabul, where helicopters will be expected to launch flowers, while the white and black flags of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” will be hoisted for the “day of victory”, which marks the reconquest of the capital on August 15, 2021.
Already last night the Taliban had gathered at an intersection that leads to the American embassy, lighting fireworks and waiting great flags. However, the military parade, which was held with hype in previous years at the Bagram base, a former nerve center of the western operations against the Taliban insurrection during the war, today will not take place.
The celebrations were canceled, said a Taliban official in anonymity condition, without providing further details.
The Taliban government is still largely excluded from the international community, which criticizes it for its repressive measures, adopted in the name of an ultra-rigorous interpretation of the Islamic law and which targe in particular women. The International Criminal Court issued arrest mandates at the beginning of July for two Taliban leaders for the persecution of Afghan women, who are prohibited access to universities, gyms, beauty salons, parks and many jobs. But the Taliban government, which made recognition by the international community his workhorse, had just obtained a victory with Russian recognition.
Kabul also maintains close relationships, even without official recognition, with the states of central Asia, China and the United Arab Emirates, among others. On the western front, the Taliban government reported that she had held talks to Kabul with Norwegian, British and American officials, among others. Yesterday the special speakers of the United Nations invited the international community not to normalize relations with the Taliban and to reject their “violent and authoritarian regime”. These independent experts, appointed by the Human Rights Council, considered that the Taliban exercised their power “without legitimacy” and demonstrated “a clear contempt for human rights, equality and non -discrimination”.
