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Taliban: Saudi Arabia
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Much has been said concerning the Taliban by friends and foes alike, but with conflicting conclusions. The group has been accused of being a political puppet, created by Pakistan's security, military and religious establishments and sustained financially and otherwise by Saudi Arabia and its allies. On the other hand, the Taliban are praised as a group of religious heroes who sprang from within Afghanistan's Pashtun ethnic majority. Supporters credit them with having replaced violence and social chaos with peace and security in the areas under their domination.
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Although Islamabad asked the Taliban not to destroy the statues, it will now face even more pressure from world powers, particularly President Bush's new administration in Washington, to abandon the Taliban. Saudi Arabia no longer sends financial aid to the Taliban because of American pressure, but is facing growing criticism for its refusal to speak out for the Muslim world in condemning them.
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In a world that only feels comfortable with professional politicians and soldiers running political and military affairs, it is not surprising that so far only three countries—Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—have given political recognition to the Taliban regime. This clearly indicates that world opinion makers have a problem with what they have heard of events in areas controlled by the Taliban.
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On 22 September 2001, the United Arab Emirates and later Saudi Arabia withdrew their recognition of the Taliban as the legal government of Afghanistan. Observers agree that they wished to distance themselves from the Taliban, but they differ over whether this was a purely principled action or due to pressure from the United States and its allies.
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On September 22, 2001, the United Arab Emirates and later Saudi Arabia withdrew their recognition of the Taliban as the legal government of Afghanistan, leaving neighboring Pakistan as the only remaining country with diplomatic ties. On October 4, 2001, it is believed that the Taliban covertly offered to turn bin Laden over to Pakistan for trial in an international tribunal that operated according to Islamic Sharia law.[112][113] Pakistan, recently recast as an ally of the west, is believed to have rejected the offer (even though they still recognized the Taliban).
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In a Washington Post op-ed, Zalmay Khalilzad calls on the US to deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan. “It is time for the United States to reengage.…The Taliban does not practice the anti-US style of fundamentalism practiced by Iran—it is closer to the Saudi model.” He calls on the US to help the Taliban “put Afghanistan on a path toward peace,” noting that continuing violence “has been a source of regional instability and an obstacle to building pipelines to bring Central Asian oil and gas to Pakistan and the world markets.”
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