Tomas Niklasson, the EU’s special envoy for Afghanistan, says he discussed the establishment of an inclusive government and interaction with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in a recent meeting, which was attended by EU members and officials from the previous government.

This comes amid an increase in international engagement with the Islamic Emirate despite the government not yet having been officially recognized.

Niklasson meanwhile said he met with the Deputy Director General of the European Union in Asia and the Pacific, the Deputy Director General of the European Union in Afghanistan and Hekmat Khalil Karzai, the former deputy foreign minister under the old government in Brussels.

Niklasson said in a post on X that in this meeting they discussed sustainable peace, the establishment of an inclusive government and the need to continue the interaction of the European Union with Afghanistan.

“We discussed in Brussels the continuation of talks on Afghanistan, sustainable peace and inclusive governance, and the need for continued engagement of the European Union with Afghanistan,” he said.

At the same time, the US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West said in a meeting with the head of the Japan Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), Atsushi Sunami, that he appreciated Tokyo’s continuous cooperation in supporting the people of Afghanistan.

According to West, Sunami pledged to support peace and sustainable livelihood in Afghanistan.

On the other hand, the head of the political office of the Islamic Emirate in Qatar says he met the Japanese ambassador to Afghanistan in Doha. Suhail Shaheen wrote on X that he discussed the current situation in Afghanistan with Kuromiya Takayoshi, Head of Mission of Japan for Afghanistan at this meeting.

“We discussed the current situation, humanitarian aid, treatment of drug addicts, poppy alternative projects for farmers, the importance of engagement and other issues,” said Shaheen.

However, the Islamic Emirate has always said that it wants to interact with all the countries of the world, especially the neighboring countries.

The international community has conditioned the legitimacy and interaction with the caretaker government on the establishment of a comprehensive government, attention to human rights, especially the rights of women and girls, and the non-use of Afghan soil against other countries.