Taliban control over 39 Afghan embassies in the world

Three years after returning to power in August 2021 and ousting the previous Western-backed government, the Taliban’s interim administration has 39 worldwide. Afghan embassies And controlling consulates.

No country in the world has yet officially recognized the Taliban government, although China and the United Arab Emirates have officially allowed Taliban ambassadors to work in their capitals.

Many governments, particularly Western countries including the United States, have said that the Taliban government will not be recognized until it recognizes women’s rights, girls’ and women’s access to high school and university education, and Do not allow complete freedom.

The Taliban, on the other hand, say they respect women’s rights according to their interpretation of Islamic law.

The Afghan Taliban also say that global sanctions on the banking sector and non-recognition of their government are hindering the country’s economy.

After the fall of Afghanistan’s democratic government in 2021, these foreign embassies faced problems with many documents, such as visas and passports, which the Taliban said should not be recognized because the former government there. There were diplomats representing

The Taliban have appointed diplomats to represent them in several Afghan embassies, including ambassadors in Abu Dhabi and Beijing and the Afghan charge d’affaires in neighboring Pakistan.

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On some diplomatic missions, diplomats posted under the previous regime work with Taliban officials.

Acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban, Amir Khan Mutaqi, said in a press conference in Kabul that 39 embassies and diplomatic centers in the world are under the central authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban.

He added that his ministry sent dozens of diplomats to 11 countries last year, including Turkey, Russia, Iran and Pakistan.

Amir Khan Muttaqi said Afghanistan will send a new ambassador to Uzbekistan this week and Russia is expected to remove the Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations soon.

In July this year, the Taliban said it was cutting ties with at least 14 Afghan diplomatic missions and that it would not recognize passports and visas issued by those embassies, mostly in Europe. will


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2024-09-20 08:37:53

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