Khairullah Khairkhwa, Taliban’s Minister of Information and Culture, lashed out that not even a single Islamic country has recognised the government of the group in Afghanistan.
Khairkhwa pointed to these countries and said that if the United States, Russia, and China "do not recognise [Taliban], they will not recognise" them.
He called on these countries and asked them to recognise the Taliban government for the sake of Islam.
During a meeting in Takhar, the senior Taliban official addressed the Islamic countries on Monday and said that when the group was engaged in Jihad, they were called "crazy" and no one supported them.
According to him, the issue of recognition of the Taliban is a “test” for Islamic countries.
Referring to the preconditions for the formation of an inclusive government by the Taliban to be recognised in Afghanistan, Khairkhwa said, “Some countries have been ruled by a family for decades, so why has no one objected to them?”
He did not mention any country which is ruled by “a family”, but it seems that he pointed out to some Arab countries, which have been accused of supporting the Taliban.
So far, no country has recognised the Taliban government. The group has been accused of widespread human rights violations, and the international community, including Islamic governments, have criticised the policies of the Taliban, especially towards Afghan women and girls.
The formation of an inclusive government is one of the other demands of the international community for the recognition of the Taliban regime.
The Taliban government consists of members of the group and its senior officials are all Sunni and mostly from the Pashtun ethnic group.
