2024-09-09 17:37:33
EXPLANATION – What influencers in the international community have to hope to influence the policy of the terrorist group that has become the ruler of Afghanistan?
In his mansion in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, along a quiet, tree-lined avenue, Mohammad Humayoon Azizi is alone. In the parqueted corridor of the sumptuous building, one or two employees come and go, and it seems a little idle. In fact, the mansion does not really belong to Mr. Azizi, even if he lives there and spends most of his time there: it is also, or was, the Afghan embassy in Paris.
Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, some Afghan diplomats have refused to side with the mullahs’ government. They do not receive funding from Kabul, they are sure, and have cut off all communication with Afghan government agencies. But they continue some of their work as best they can, accepting Afghans who have been displaced. And, in France, Mr. Azizi continues his role as Afghanistan’s representative to UNESCO (whose headquarters is in Paris), no…
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