The former UN special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, said that dialogue is a “positive thing” and should be continued with the Islamic Emirate.
In an interview with TOLOnews, Eide said that the humanitarian crisis is very concerning and the inter-national community should increase its engagement with Islamic Emirate. “I think there is not an alternative to talking, you know, all through the years, every time there has been a new phase, there has been criticism of talk-ing to the Taliban. I always thought it is the right thing to do. The alternative is that the situation be-comes even worse today and I do not think that it is in anybody’s interest… My view has always been that dialogue is a positive thing and it should be continued where it is possible,” Eide told TOLOnews.
“I think there are significant resources coming in, but it is very insufficient and the international com-munity should engage much more strongly, in par-ticular when it comes to the humanitarian crisis. Over the last few days, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, the secretary-general of the UN has called for much more vigorous resources to be brought into Afghanistan, I think there is no time to lose and we cannot wait any longer.—TOLO
