Pakistan’s PM Warns Afghanistan Could Descend Into Chaos
- Governments need to work with Taliban to avert crisis: Khan
- Stable Afghanistan will ensure a stable Pakistan, Khan says
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The U.S. refusal to recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan, coupled with sanctions and frozen assets, could push the country into chaos and threaten Pakistan’s stability, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday.
Khan said in an interview on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” that the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, caused in part by the abrupt cancellation of foreign aid to the country after the Taliban took over last year, has reverberated in neighboring Pakistan. He said foreign governments have no choice but to try and work with the Taliban to avert a larger crisis.