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ISLAMABAD: Teams reminiscent of Al-Qaeda and Daesh will make the most of the Afghan disaster, Pakistan overseas minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi cautioned on Friday forward of the Group of Islamic Cooperation’s particular session in Islamabad.

The seventeenth Extraordinary Session of the OIC’s Council of Overseas Ministers was known as by Saudi Arabia and can be hosted by Islamabad on Dec. 19.

The assembly’s focus is on the humanitarian state of affairs in Afghanistan, the place the financial system plunged into free fall in mid-August when the Taliban took management as US-led overseas troops withdrew after 20 years’ presence.

Considerations over the unchecked presence of extremist teams on Afghan soil have been raised because the starting of the US withdrawal, however final week the top of the US Central Command stated it was clear that Al-Qaeda is making an attempt to rebuild its presence inside Afghanistan, which was the bottom from which it deliberate the Sept. 11, 2001 assaults towards the US.

“The likes of Al-Qaeda and Daesh will make the most of the disaster and can improve their footprints in Afghanistan,” Qureshi advised reporters throughout a press briefing.

The Taliban takeover prompted the US and different donors to chop off monetary assist on which Afghanistan had turn out to be dependent through the 20 years of battle, and froze $9.5 billion in Afghan central financial institution belongings, isolating the nation from the worldwide monetary system and paralyzing its banks.

UN companies say practically 23 million folks — about 55 p.c of the Afghan inhabitants — are dealing with excessive ranges of starvation, with 9 million vulnerable to famine.

“If we don’t act now this can turn out to be the biggest humanitarian disaster on the earth,” Qureshi stated. “All you’ve got invested in Afghanistan prior to now 20 years in training and different sectors can be ruined. The features the world has made will evaporate.”

As delegates for the OIC assembly began to reach in Islamabad, together with the group’s secretary basic Hissein Brahim Taha and Islamic Growth Financial institution president Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Jasser, Qureshi stated US Particular Consultant for Afghanistan Tom West has additionally confirmed his participation.

“That provides the US a chance to evaluate the state of affairs proper sitting subsequent door,” he stated, including that he had additionally mentioned the unfreezing of the Afghan central financial institution belongings with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who cited “sure authorized points” hindering the discharge of funds.

“I believe there may be nonetheless a cushion of round $2 billion which isn’t tied to these authorized points. By releasing these $2 billion the US can ease fast sufferings of Afghan folks, so we’re saying they need to take into account that,” Qureshi stated.

He stated that Afghanistan’s appearing overseas minister Amir Khan Muttaqi can also be scheduled to attend the OIC assembly, which can give the worldwide group a chance to specific their issues and expectations on to the Taliban.