Taliban mocks Germany and USA
Ralf Stegner (SPD) and former German chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
While Germany seeks to intensify its contact with the Taliban, the Taliban shows no interest whatsoever to cooperate with the West. Instead the terrorist organisation has already found some allies in the region, i.e. Post-Soviet states, in particular Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.
But let's begin with the main Western power, namely the USA. In his latest speech on the Taliban, U.S. president Donald Trump demanded from the Taliban the return of U.S. weapons left by former U.S. government under Joe Biden. But instead of returning the weapons, the Taliban mocked Trump by giving the following statement:
"Instead of taking back the weapons, the US should provide Taliban with more advanced weapons to fight the Islamic State Khorasan."
Trump will get nowhere, if he keeps listening to pro -Taliban lobbyists, like Zalmay Khalilzad. But that's usually the problem of human beings, that they don't learn from other people's examples. Trump should understand that the policy of appeasement towards the Taliban will be the continuation of Joe Biden's policy towards the Taliban. Biden's Afghanistan policy didn't have any positive results, neither for Afghanistan nor for the USA. The universal truth that people get measured according their deeds and not according to their words applies to Donald Trump, as well. Time will tell, whether Trump will stick to his words or will break his word considering his announcement to return U.S. weapons in the hands of the Taliban to the USA.
On 30 January 2025, Shelley Moore Capito, the Republican Senator of West Virginia announced on her website that she has “introduced the Stop Funding Global Terrorists Act, legislation that ensures U.S. taxpayer dollars are not flowing to the Taliban—or to any other terrorist organization—through United Nations (UN) funding to Afghanistan.”
Whether this bill has any consequences for the Taliban remains to be seen. But it seems very unlikely that a mere bill can harm the Taliban much, as Afghanistan was brought into a big mess through the negligence of Afghan politicians and the international community. Nonetheless, it is a very ironic development for the Taliban, which is notorious for its hatred towards (Afghan) women and that in this case an influential woman initiates a law against the terrorist group. It still remains a very difficult task for Afghans and the international community (those who are willing to help) to rescue Afghanistan from this mess created by Afghan and foreign politicians. It remains to be seen what socio-political developments awaits the oppressed people of Afghanistan.
German media, on the other hand, finally admitted that the German government under former chancellor Angela Merkel had contact with the Taliban before, during, and after their takeover of Afghanistan:
"As early as
May, around three months before the fall of Kabul, Erik Kurzweil, responsible
for Afghanistan in the Foreign Office, met with several Taliban
representatives. According to a transcript of the conversation, the atmosphere
was relaxed. The Islamists had "many friendly words" about Germany
and also praised the work of the German special representative for Afghanistan,
Markus Potzel. Apparently, it was a concern of the Taliban to win over the
German government for future cooperation. There was "a lot of
potential" and they were also prepared to facilitate German development
cooperation projects in Taliban-controlled areas.
(German original:
"Schon im Mai, rund drei Monate vor dem Fall von Kabul, traf sich Erik Kurzweil, im Auswärtigen Amt verantwortlich für Afghanistan, mit mehreren Taliban-Vertretern. Laut einem Protokoll des Gesprächs war die Atmosphäre entspannt. Die Islamisten hätten „viele freundliche Worte“ über Deutschland verloren und auch den Einsatz des deutschen Sonderbeauftragten für Afghanistan, Markus Potzel, gelobt. Offenbar war es ein Anliegen der Taliban, die Bundesregierung für eine zukünftige Zusammenarbeit zu gewinnen. Es gebe „viel Potential“, man sei auch bereit, deutsche Projekte der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in Taliban-kontrollierten Gebieten zu ermöglichen. (…) Nur drei Tage nach Machtübernahme der Taliban war der Sonderbeauftragte Potzel in Doha auf eine Delegation der Taliban getroffen. Potzel signalisierte damals Gesprächsbereitschaft. (…) Rund zwei Wochen später traf Potzel erneut in Doha auf die de-Facto-Machthaber. Im Gepäck hatte der deutsche Botschafter eine Nachricht vom damaligen Außenminister Heiko Maas (SPD): Unter bestimmten Bedingungen sei Deutschland bereit – zusammen mit Partnerstaaten – mit Diplomaten in Kabul präsent zu sein: Zum einen müssten die Taliban eine „inklusive Regierung“ bilden, also andere politische Strömungen einbeziehen, zum anderen die Sicherheit gewährleisten. Zuvor hatte intern auch Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) für eine diplomatische Präsenz an der Seite der Niederlande, Frankreich und Großbritanniens geworben. Laut eines Gesprächsprotokolls zwischen Potzel und dem britischen Sondergesandten Simon Gass habe Merkel gegenüber den Briten eine „pragmatische“ Haltung zur Anerkennungsfrage geäußert.")
It's also possible that the idea of deportation of Afghans comes from Angela Merkel who is the main mentor of incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Although Merkel (CDU) and Scholz (SPD) belong to different political parties, it seems that Merkel supports Scholz instead of her party colleague Friedrich Merz. Every politician should keep in mind that making deals with terrorists can get them into serious trouble.
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