Afghanistan’s embassy in London to shut after Taliban disowns its diplomats

The UK’s determination comes after the Taliban administration introduced in July that it not recognised diplomatic missions established by the earlier authorities. Picture: afghanembassy.org.uk

Afghanistan’s embassy in London will probably be closed after the nation’s Taliban rulers disowned it, the UK authorities stated on Monday (9 September 2024).

The British Overseas Workplace stated the embassy can be closed following the Taliban’s sacking of its employees. Britain doesn’t recognise the Taliban authorities.

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Ambassador Zalmai Rassoul wrote on social media X that the embassy would shut its doorways on September 27 “on the official request of the host nation.”

Neither the UK authorities nor the ambassador stated what would occur to the embassy employees.

Diplomats who served underneath the earlier Western-backed Afghan authorities had been left in limbo when the Taliban took over Kabul and returned to energy in August 2021. Many embassies in Europe and elsewhere have continued to function, however Kabul has accused them of failing to cooperate with the federal government. Afghanistan has despatched Taliban-approved diplomats to some nations, together with Pakistan and China.

The UK’s determination comes after the Taliban administration introduced in July that it not recognised diplomatic missions arrange by the earlier authorities and that paperwork issued by embassies in Britain and 13 different nations, principally European, had been invalid.

Many Taliban leaders are underneath sanctions and no nation formally acknowledges them because the legit rulers of Afghanistan, though some nations keep lively diplomatic missions in Afghanistan, together with Pakistan, Turkey, Qatar and China.

The UK and different Western nations are struggling to search out methods to supply humanitarian help to Afghanistan with out recognising the Taliban authorities, which has severely restricted the schooling, employment and private freedom of girls and ladies.