Pakistan Isolated After Bid To Get Taliban Included In SAARC Meet
NDTV
Sources said SAARC members could not reach a consensus on Pakistan's request or give the Taliban a guarantee it could attend, which led to the meeting being cancelled
Pakistan found itself isolated on the global stage this week after an attempt to generate support for the Taliban - which seized power in Afghanistan last month - and allow the group a seat at Saturday's meeting of Foreign Ministers from SAARC nations was rejected.
Also rejected was Pakistan's demand Nepal - the SAARC chair - provide written assurances Ghulam Isaczai, who represents Afghanistan's ousted government at the United Nations, would not be allowed to attend.
Sources said SAARC members could not reach a consensus on Pakistan's request or give the Taliban guarantees it could attend the meet scheduled to take place on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly.
As a result, the meeting of Foreign Ministers from eight South Asian countries was cancelled. The SAARC nations are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan -
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