On Sunday, the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) pledged to help achieve peace in Afghanistan and stated its future leaders must guard against allowing the country to be used as a backyard for international Islamist militancy. The organisation urged “the future Afghan leadership” and the international community to work together to ensure that Afghanistan is never used again as a platform or safe haven for “terrorists.”
In a final communique issued by the Saudi Arabia-based organisation, a member stated, “Terrorist organisations are not allowed to have a foothold (in Afghanistan).” The body’s calls and decisions are mostly symbolic but it however shows mistrust towards the Taliban who took over Kabul last week and how some Muslim countries are concerned about the new reality on the ground of Afghanistan.
