China & Russia Will Veto Anti-Taliban Resolutions In Security Council, Says Abdul Kabir

The Taliban's Minister of Refugees has said that some members of the United Nations Security Council veto decisions against the Taliban.

Abdul Kabir said that the Security Council could not reach a definitive decision on the Taliban's law on the promotion of virtue because China and Russia said that it was an internal issue of Afghanistan.

Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's Minister of Refugees, said on Friday, January 25, at a ceremony for the students of a religious school in Khost province that the Taliban administration did not have extensive diplomatic and political relations with the countries of the world before, and if a resolution was taken against the group in the United Nations Security Council, it would not have been supported by the members of the council.

Abdul Kabir is implicitly referencing the UN Security Council Resolution 1368, which in 2001 authorised the US-led international coalition to take military action to combat terrorism in Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks. At that time, the members of the Security Council voted decisively (15) in favour of the resolution, with none voting against or abstaining.

Abdul Kabir, however, said that now the Taliban's political relations have expanded to such an extent that there are countries in the UN Security Council that can veto decisions against the group.

Abdul Kabir specifically mentioned Russia and China, which did not vote against the Taliban's law on the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, calling it an "internal matter of Afghanistan".

Abdul Kabir, who was previously the Taliban's deputy prime minister, said that some people have shown sensitivity to the law on the promotion of virtue, but the UN Security Council has not been able to make a final decision on this law.

The United States, Britain, and France are among the permanent members of the Security Council who are critical of the Taliban's Law on the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.

These statements by Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, indicate that after the inauguration of the Donald Trump administration, concerns about international efforts to overthrow the Taliban have increased among the group, and Taliban officials are trying to curb these concerns.