Former Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil has disclosed that Russia offered to recognize the Taliban regime if the then Kabul Government derecognized Chechnya, the South Asia Tribune reports.
In a book published shortly before the general elections in Afghanistan, in which he is also a candidate, the ex-minister goes on to disclose important Taliban-Russian contact in Turkmenistan’s capital city of Ashgabat.
At the meeting Russian delegates offered to recognize the Taliban government if the latter derecognized Chechnya, he reveals. The Taliban spurned the proposition, nonetheless, as it was probably the only country in the world to officially recognize the Chechen separatists.
Commenting on his scholarly effort, Mutawakil rejected the impression that there were political motives behind the publication of the book at this point in time. He has touched on the strengths and weaknesses of the seven-year Taliban rule and the daunting tasks before the incumbent administration led by U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai.
Widely regarded as a straight-shooter in the Taliban leadership, Mutawakil’s views are in no way colored by party politics or his profound respect for Mullah Omar.
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