Afghanistan's ruling terrorist group, the Taliban, on Sunday demanded that delegates returning from COP29 in Baku, where officials were welcomed for the first time, be allowed to participate in all future United Nations global climate talks.
AFP report The Afghan delegation joined shortly after the Taliban seized power through a bloody takeover in August 2021, and has been invited to the last two COPs (Conference of the Parties) held in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. I couldn't get it.
This is despite Taliban representatives previously claiming that if allowed, the jihadist group would play an “indispensable role” on the international stage to tackle climate, among other global challenges. It is.
Now, we are seeking inclusion again.
“Afghanistan must participate in such meetings in the future,” Matiul Haq Haris, head of Afghanistan's National Environmental Protection Agency, said at a press conference on Sunday.
He described Afghanistan's participation in last month's talks as a “huge achievement.”
Afghan Taliban representatives, including Afghan National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) Director General Matiul Haq Haris (R), attend the eighth day of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 19, 2024. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
“We come to this conference this year to raise the voice of our people on the issues we face and the needs of our people that need to be shared with the world.”
He said the Afghan delegation met with “19 different organizations and governments,” including delegations from Russia, Qatar, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh.
The Taliban, which has imposed strict Islamic sharia laws since taking power, has also said it aims to participate in the $100 billion a year in climate financing agreed at the summit through 2025 to save the world from crisis. There is. “Climate change”.
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As reported by Breitbart News, CBS News has previously blamed “climate change” for fueling the Taliban's rise in Afghanistan, saying global warming has put farmers in debt and the Taliban's He claimed that he was left in his hands.
In its defense, CBS News is not alone in attempting the feat of linking Islamic terrorism and climate change.
In 2014, Charles B. Strozier, a professor of history at the City University of New York, argued that “environmental stressors and political violence are intertwined in surprising ways,” and used hybrid cars as a way to stop the Taliban's war on girls. suggested driving.
“If more Americans knew how melting glaciers contribute to Afghanistan's devastating weather, which could strengthen the Taliban and endanger Afghan girls who want to go to school, , will we drive more hybrid cars and use millions less plastic bags?'' Strozier asked rhetorically. “How will elections and laws be affected?”
