Pakistan in no hurry to recognise Afghan Taliban rule: Officials

“Pakistan is successful nary hurry to recognise the Afghan Taliban authorities and immoderate determination volition beryllium made keeping the country’s involvement successful mind,” Pakistan officials person said.

The remarks came days aft Russia became the archetypal state to officially recognise the Taliban's rule. Moscow’s decision, immoderate observers feel, whitethorn beryllium a prelude to different determination countries yet embracing the Taliban.

However, officials successful Pakistan told The Express Tribune paper that the determination of Russia was not a surprise, arsenic Moscow for immoderate clip had indicated they would reconcile with the information that the Taliban were present successful complaint and determination was nary different enactment but to judge their rule.

The ineligible challenges successful recognising the Taliban

The Russian determination besides stems from the information that greater engagement with the Taliban authorities would assistance code the violent menace and beforehand its geostrategic interests. “We, of course, volition instrumentality a determination keeping successful presumption our interest. I tin archer you determination is nary hurry,” said a Pakistani authoritative erstwhile asked whether Islamabad would besides recognise the Taliban rule.

A source, however, did not regularisation retired the anticipation of Pakistan taking a much pragmatic attack if different determination players travel the Russian footsteps. At his play quality briefing connected Friday (July 4, 2025), Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan reacted cautiously to Moscow’s decision, saying it was a substance betwixt 2 sovereign states. In immoderate case, the root said, Pakistan has a robust engagement with the Taliban ruled Kabul. “The de facto designation is there,” the root said.

Pakistan has fixed nary hints astir officially recognising the Taliban government, but agreed to upgrade the diplomatic ties. Last month, aft a trilateral gathering of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Chinese Foreign Ministers successful Beijing, Islamabad and Kabul decided to elevate their diplomatic ties.

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Both sides are successful a process to fulfil their responsibilities earlier formally appointing ambassadors successful each other’s capitals. China is thought to person played a cardinal relation successful brokering the woody successful the anticipation that greater engagement betwixt Pakistan and Afghanistan would code information concerns.

One of the reasons that Pakistan has not yet recognised the Taliban authorities is the unresolved contented of violent sanctuaries successful Afghanistan. But the Afghan authorities precocious took definite steps, which Pakistan thinks could marque a difference.

One large specified determination includes the Taliban government’s crackdown connected Afghan nationals who were joining the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Sources said that it is successful the Taliban’s involvement to code the information concerns of Pakistan and different neighbouring countries.

Relations betwixt Pakistan and Afghanistan person gradually improved since the sojourn of Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to Kabul. Afghan Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is expected to question to Islamabad aboriginal this month.

He was to sojourn Pakistan past month, but the travel was delayed owing to the Iran-Israel war. During his visit, the 2 sides would reappraisal bilateral ties and decisions taken erstwhile Dar was successful Kabul successful April, according to the report.