Afghanistan: what tone to adopt with the Taliban?

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Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy chief and negotiator of the Taliban, and other members of the delegation attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia on March 18, 2021. © POOL / REUTERS

By: Romain Auzouy

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What tone to adopt with the Taliban?

Unease at the UN last week when the Taliban government's foreign minister asked to speak on behalf of Afghanistan before the UN General Assembly.

A request too late to be taken into account, replied a UN official.

This situation illustrates the question that arises a month and a half after the capture of Kabul by the insurgents: what diplomacy towards the Taliban?

To discuss is to legitimize their regime?

Is dialogue essential in the name of the humanitarian emergency in Afghanistan?

Who to lead this dialogue?

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, former French ambassador in Kabul between 1979 and 1981. Political advisor to the UN Special Mission in Afghanistan in 1997. Head of the French diplomatic mission in Kabul from 1998 to 2001. Author of the book " 

”, Saint-Simon editions, September 2021 

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, geopolitologist, lecturer at Sciences Po Paris and professor at the Paris School of Business, co-author of the book “ 

”, éditions Autrement

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, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross in France (ICRC), author of the blog “

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