Taliban reportedly want to join global fight against climate change

Kabul, Afghanistan - The Taliban has announced their intention to assert themselves in the fight against climate change, and to help solve some of the world's problems.

Members of the Taliban have said they want to work with the international community to combat climate change.
Members of the Taliban have said they want to work with the international community to combat climate change.  © Collage: IMAGO / Xinhua & 123RF/belchonock

In recent weeks, the Taliban has made an effort to rebrand themselves as they have regained power in Afghanistan.

They recently announced a desire to establish an inclusive political leadership in which women could also participate, and promised "amnesty" to those who had worked for the Afghan government.

Now the group is going one step further.

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They want to be recognized by world powers as "a legitimate representative government" and have vowed to help with global issues, including the fight against climate change, Newsweek reported.

"We believe the world has a unique opportunity of rapprochement and coming together to tackle the challenges not only facing us but the entire humanity," said Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a member of the Taliban's Cultural Commission.

"And these challenges ranging from world security and climate change need the collective efforts of all, and cannot be achieved if we exclude or ignore an entire people who have been devastated by imposed wars for the past four decades," he added.

World powers, including Russia and China, have been hesitant to show their recognition of the group's leadership so far.

President Joe Biden warned last week that the Taliban must work together with the US as the last of America's troops leave the country.

The Taliban will live and govern under the umbrella of Sharia law. Concrete plans for the group's efforts to combat global climate change are still unknown.

Cover photo: Collage: IMAGO / Xinhua & 123RF/belchonock

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