Pakistan in no hurry to recognise Afghan Taliban rule: Officials

“Pakistan is in no hurry to recognise the Afghan Taliban government and any decision will be made keeping the country’s interest in mind,” Pakistan officers have stated.

The remarks got here days after Russia turned the primary nation to formally recognise the Taliban’s rule. Moscow’s resolution, some observers really feel, could also be a prelude to different regional nations lastly embracing the Taliban.

However, officers in Pakistan instructed The Express Tribune newspaper that the choice of Russia was not a shock, as Moscow for a while had indicated they’d reconcile with the truth that the Taliban had been now in cost and there was no different choice however to settle for their rule.

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The Russian resolution additionally stems from the truth that larger engagement with the Taliban authorities would assist deal with the terrorist risk and advance its geostrategic pursuits. “We, of course, will take a decision keeping in view our interest. I can tell you there is no hurry,” stated a Pakistani official when requested whether or not Islamabad would additionally recognise the Taliban rule.

A supply, nonetheless, didn’t rule out the potential for Pakistan taking a extra pragmatic method if different regional gamers comply with the Russian footsteps. At his weekly information briefing on Friday (July 4, 2025), Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan reacted cautiously to Moscow’s resolution, saying it was a matter between two sovereign states. In any case, the supply stated, Pakistan has a sturdy engagement with the Taliban dominated Kabul. “The de facto recognition is there,” the supply stated.

Pakistan has given no hints about formally recognising the Taliban authorities, however agreed to improve the diplomatic ties. Last month, after a trilateral assembly of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Chinese Foreign Ministers in Beijing, Islamabad and Kabul determined to elevate their diplomatic ties.

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Both sides are in a course of to fulfil their duties earlier than formally appointing ambassadors in one another’s capitals. China is assumed to have performed a key function in brokering the deal in the hope that larger engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan would deal with safety issues.

One of the explanations that Pakistan has not but recognised the Taliban authorities is the unresolved problem of terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan. But the Afghan authorities not too long ago took sure steps, which Pakistan thinks might make a distinction.

One main such transfer contains the Taliban authorities’s crackdown on Afghan nationals who had been becoming a member of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Sources stated that it’s in the Taliban’s curiosity to deal with the safety issues of Pakistan and different neighbouring nations.

Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have steadily improved for the reason that go to of Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to Kabul. Afghan Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is anticipated to journey to Islamabad later this month.

He was to go to Pakistan final month, however the journey was delayed owing to the Iran-Israel conflict. During his go to, the 2 sides would evaluation bilateral ties and choices taken when Dar was in Kabul in April, in accordance to the report.