Recently reports emerged that Turkey and Iran have given control of the Afghan missions in Tehran and Istanbul to the de-facto authorities in Afghanistan.
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Since returning to power, the Taliban authorities have gained control of several Afghan embassies and consulates in many countries around the region.
Giving control of the embassies to the de-facto Afghan authorities is a significant achievement…
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Giving control of the embassies to the de-facto Afghan authorities is a significant achievement…
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…for the ministry of foreign affairs, especially for the interim foreign minister, Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi.
Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi has proven to be proficient and highly efficient in executing the responsibilities entrusted to him.
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Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi has proven to be proficient and highly efficient in executing the responsibilities entrusted to him.
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During a significant portion of the previous two decades of the insurgency, Amir Khan Muttaqi was in charge of the cultural and information commission, responsible for the information operations and countering propaganda warfare conducted against the Taliban.
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Despite the US spending billions of dollars in support of the information and propaganda war against the Taliban, it was under Amir Khan Muttaqi’s tenure that the world realized the fact that the Taliban were winning the information and propaganda war in Afghanistan.
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Under Amir Khan Muttaqi, the cultural and information commission played a vital role not only in propaganda warfare but also in facilitating communication and messaging between the top leadership and lower-ranking members.
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His commission also played a vital role in keeping the unity and cohesion of the movement, especially at critically important junctures such as after the death of Mullah Omer or after the demise of Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor.
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Amir Khan Muttaqi was very swift in garnering support for the new leaders. He sent his teams far and wide to persuade and convince influential Taliban members to pledge their allegiance to the new leader.
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These pledges of allegiance would be published on multiple media platforms, sending a message of unity and cohesion to both internal and external audiences.
When the Taliban negotiation team in Qatar reached a critical point in their negotiations with the United States,…
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When the Taliban negotiation team in Qatar reached a critical point in their negotiations with the United States,…
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…Amir Khan Muttaqi was dispatched to Qatar to participate in critical decision-making that led to the signing of the US-Taliban Doha agreement.
During the final days of the former republic, Amir Khan Muttaqi was busy running the commission for guidance & preaching.
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During the final days of the former republic, Amir Khan Muttaqi was busy running the commission for guidance & preaching.
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Under his watch, the commission of guidance & preaching played a very instrumental role in persuading and convincing the security forces of the republic to refrain from fighting and to surrender to the Taliban by taking advantage of the general amnesty.
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During those days, Mr. Muttaqi was a busy man, traveling to different provinces in Afghanistan in his successful attempts to persuade the local leaders and security forces of those regions to refrain from fighting the Taliban.
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He witnessed hundreds of fighters surrender to the Taliban and assured them of the general amnesty declared by the Taliban.
After the capture of Kabul in 2021, Amir Khan Muttaqi has taken a very pragmatic approach in selecting his team for the ministry of foreign affairs.
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After the capture of Kabul in 2021, Amir Khan Muttaqi has taken a very pragmatic approach in selecting his team for the ministry of foreign affairs.
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In his ministry, Muttaqi has created a team consisting of almost every section of Afghan society, probably no other ministry in Afghanistan could be such broad-based as the foreign ministry under his watch,…
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…which consists of members of the Taliban, as well as members of the former republic, and members of civil society from Afghanistan.
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Though some decisions by the top leadership of the IEA have made it quite difficult for the ministry of foreign affairs to achieve normalization or recognition. However, Amir Khan Muttaqi had to tread carefully to build the necessary trust required…
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…to improve the relationship with the international community.
He has been able to gain a certain level of relevance in the international community and has garnered support for engagement with the de facto Afghan authorities, thereby avoiding isolation.
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He has been able to gain a certain level of relevance in the international community and has garnered support for engagement with the de facto Afghan authorities, thereby avoiding isolation.
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Despite no recognition, important regional countries such as China, Russia & Turkey’s decision to hand over the control of the Afghan missions to the de-facto authorities is a strategic and political win for the foreign minister & the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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