The Afghan Embassy in Uzbekistan has been handed over to the Taliban leadership
The Afghan Embassy in Uzbekistan has been handed over to the Taliban leadership
In Uzbekistan, the Afghan Embassy in Tashkent has been handed over to the Taliban leadership.
According to Afghan press reports, the Afghan Ambassador to Tashkent, Ahmad Khalid Alemi, appointed before the Taliban came to power, led by the republic led by Ashraf Ghani, transferred his powers to Charge d'affaires Magffrullah Shahab, appointed by the Taliban administration.
It was reported that Alami transferred his powers to Shahab, appointed by the Taliban administration, due to the expiration of his term of office, and it was also reported that the new Charge d'affaires of Afghanistan in Tashkent, Shahab, is the son of the Deputy Minister of Mining and Oil of the Taliban administration, Shahabeddin Dilaver.
Most countries have not yet accepted diplomats from the Taliban administration
After the Taliban administration took control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, many Central and West Asian countries handed over their Afghan embassies to the Taliban administration.
Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, China, Russia and Qatar previously hosted diplomats appointed by the Taliban administration, and Afghan missions there were transferred to the Taliban administration. Tajikistan is the only remaining neighbor of Afghanistan that has not handed over its Afghan embassy to the Taliban administration.
Although some Afghan missions in European countries, such as Spain, are under the control of diplomats appointed during the Republican period, they cooperate with the Taliban administration, especially in consular services.
Finally, when the Afghan Ambassador to New Delhi, appointed during the Republican period, left India, the embassy was transferred to officials of the Afghan consulates in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
After the Taliban came to power, many countries closed their embassies in Afghanistan. A small number of countries, such as Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, China, Russia, Qatar, India and Indonesia, have kept their embassies in Afghanistan open and continued their diplomatic missions.
To date, no country has officially recognized the Taliban's authority. However, last week, Bilal Karimi, appointed by the Taliban administration as ambassador to Beijing, became the first ambassador of the Taliban administration to present credentials to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a ceremony.
The Chinese-appointed ambassador was also the first ambassador to present credentials to the Taliban administration. In September 2023, at a ceremony held in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the new Chinese Ambassador to Kabul, Cao Shin, presented his credentials to the Prime Minister of the interim Government of Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund.
This rapprochement between China and the Taliban administration was interpreted in the Afghan press as "China is approaching recognition of the Taliban administration."
