A new report on Afghanistan by the International Crisis Group, a think tank, finds that the Taliban, which has been mostly isolated by Western powers, are looking to build ties with foreign capitals closer by. The report released on Tuesday looks at how countries in Afghanistan’s neighbourhood – such as China, Pakistan and Iran – have engaged with the Taliban since their return to power in August 2021. “Countries in Afghanistan’s neighbourhood have little choice but to deal with them,” Crisis Group’s Afghanistan Analyst Ibraheem Bahiss argues. “Ever-increasing issues such as cross-border milit…