By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press,Feb23, 2023
The government of Turkiye plans to hand over the Consulate General of Afghanistan in Istanbul to the Taliban diplomats, according to Afghanistan International.
It is also stated that the employees of the Afghan Consulate in Istanbul were told to prepare for the handover of the diplomatic mission to the Taliban officials, according to official sources.
It is believed that the Taliban have introduced Gul Mohammad Zadran as the group’s diplomat the Consulate General of Afghanistan in Istanbul.
The ministry of foreign affairs of Afghanistan’s de facto regime has fired three Afghan diplomats in Turkiye, Afghanistan International reported. Ahmad Baryalee Kabirzada, Sayeed Hameed Nomani, and Hekmatullah Durrani were among the diplomats who have been officially fired by the Taliban authorities.
No single country has formally recognized the Taliban regime, however, certain countries including Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan which has close ties with the Afghan interim government, have accepted the group’s diplomats.
The Turkish government and the Taliban authorities have not yet commented regarding the handover of the Afghan Consulate to Afghanistan’s caretaker regime.
On Tuesday, reports emerged that Iran will officially hand over Afghanistan’s embassy to the Taliban in the coming days. An Afghan diplomat who has been in contact with the officials of the Iranian foreign ministry said that a serious decision has been made in this regard.
The Taliban officials are urging the world to recognize the group’s government, however, the international community emphasizes the country’s ruling to the regime to fully adhere to the elements of the Doha Agreement – respect human rights, the rights of women, and girls, as well as religious minorities, and form an all-inclusive government, in which all ethnicities and political groups could see them represented.
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