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Taliban to the World Stage

Taliban celebratory gunfire rang out across Kabul as the West withdrew all its forces this week.
But if the group persists in a militant style, the Taliban will become increasingly isolated
globally, while millions of Afghans will face an increasingly uncertain future. World powers are
currently vying for influence amid the return of the Taliban who will run the country on a
Shariah basis. And in the process, two countries from the Arab and Muslim worlds have emerged
as key mediators and facilitators - Qatar and Turkey. Both took advantage of historical proximity
to enter the Taliban. Everyone is looking for an opportunity.

The two are also betting - and this move could spark a longstanding rivalry that is broader, in the
Middle East. Officials in the small but oil-rich nation of Qatar in the Gulf have provided much
needed help for many countries to get out of their slump. "No one can afford to carry out a
massive evacuation process out of Afghanistan without Qatar's involvement, in some way or
another," said Dina Esfandiary, senior adviser at the International Crisis Group, a think tank that
researches global conflicts.

"Afghanistan and the Taliban would be a meaningful victory for [Qatar], not only because it
shows they are capable of mediating with the Taliban, but it makes them serious players for the
Western countries involved," he told the BBC.

When Western countries left Kabul, the diplomatic value of these relations increased. Qatar's
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Lolwah Alkhater tweeted Twitter, which reads like a rubber
wheel that has been retweeted from a world power. "Qatar... continues to be a trusted mediator in
this conflict," he wrote earlier this month. Reuters Tens of thousands of people evacuated from
Afghanistan were first flown to Al Udeid air base in Qatar. But bridging the Taliban's move may
carry future risks, including the capacity to exacerbate rifts in the Middle East.

Turkey and Qatar are closer to the territory of the movement of groups using Islamist names,
which often put pressure on countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates, which see such groups as a real threat.
 If the two countries are strengthened to carry out world diplomacy with the Taliban in South
Asia, will the ripples reach the Middle East? Dina Esfandiary says the Taliban's takeover of
power is a new pendulum towards Islamism - a political ideology that seeks to reorganize its
government and society according to Islamic law - but she says for now, it is still contained in
South Asia.

"This is for Afghanistan, it's not the case for [the Middle East]. For 10 years, this region has
continued to change power between Islamic groups and non-Islamic groups," he said. Talk to the
Taliban during the time the Taliban came to power purely in the 1990s, only three countries had
official relations with them: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. However,
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates officially cut ties after the September 11, 2001
attacks on the United States. However, secret funding from Saudi Arabian individuals reportedly
continued to flow in the following years. Officials in Saudi Arabia have previously denied any
official funding to the Taliban, and said there were strict measures to stop the flow of funds from
individuals. However, with protests coming from US citizens against their troops in Afghanistan,
opening the door for other countries to be able to carry out diplomacy. Reuters Mediators from
Qatar are trying to bridge a peace deal between the former Afghan government and the Taliban.
For Qatar and Turkey, the relationship with the Taliban is done in a different way. As President
Barack Obama's administration seeks to end the war, Qatar has hosted Taliban leaders to discuss
peace efforts from 2011.

This has been a controversial and fluid process. The raising of the Taliban flag on the outskirts
of Doha offended many people (they shortened the flagpole at the request of the Americans). For
Qatar, this helps build on three decades of ambition for an autonomous foreign policy - which is
seen as important for a country that sits between the poles of Iran and Saudi Arabia.

The meeting in Doha culminated late last year in a deal under President Donald Trump to
withdraw troops from Afghanistan by May this year. After Joe Biden came to power, he
announced that the troop withdrawal was extended to September 11. 'Careful optimism' Reuters
The Taliban are said to be in communication with Qatar and Turkey regarding Kabul airport
operations. Last weekend, Turkish officials held talks with the Taliban for more than three hours,
following a suicide bombing at Kabul airport. The discussions included discussing the future
operation of the airport itself, which Turkish troops have guarded for six years.

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Question :

1) Who is the taliban?

Answer : An extremist Islamic group that wants to implement a strict interpretation of religious
law in Afghanistan?

2) Why does the Taliban want to rule Afghanistan?

Answer : because the Taliban wants to apply a strict interpretation of religious law in
Afghanistan.

3) what makes Afghanistan's future unclear?

Answer : conflict with the Taliban.

4) why are the countries of the world currently competing for influence in the midst of the return
of the Taliban who will run the country on the basis of Sharia?

Answer : because allying with the Taliban will be a way to control an oil wealth there.

5) why if qatar bridges the steps of the Taliban it will result in worsening the damage in the
middle east?

Answer : because countries there, particularly Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates, which see groups with such Islamist names as a real threat.

6) what does islamism mean?

Answer : A political ideology that seeks to reorganize government and society according to
Islamic law.

7) What countries had official relations with the Taliban in 1990?

Answer : The country are Pakistan,Saudi Arabia, and the Uni Emirates Arab.

8) When Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates officially cut ties with the Taliban?

Answer : On 11 September 2001.

9) Which country hosted the Taliban leaders to discuss peace efforts in 2011?

Answer : The host country is Qatar.

10) Why joe biden withdrew his troops from there even though the situation there is still not
peaceful?
Answer : because deal under President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in
May this year.