Sources have confirmed to Afghanistan International that the Turkish government has issued a diplomatic visa to Mohammad Zubair Wadan and he has been appointed as the Taliban's new diplomat at the Afghan embassy in Ankara.
It has been said that the Taliban’s foreign ministry has appointed Wadan as the first secretary of Afghanistan’s embassy in Turkiye.
While the Turkish government does not officially recognise the Taliban's regime, it has permitted the group to take control of the Afghan embassy in Ankara and Afghan consulate in Istanbul.
Earlier in February last year, the Taliban's foreign ministry appointed one of its own diplomats in the Afghan consulate in Istanbul and dismissed three diplomats of the previous government.
Amir Ramin, the previous Afghan government’s ambassador in Turkiye, continues to oversee the country's embassy in Ankara, and the majority of diplomats from the previous administration remain in Turkiye.
In 2022, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister during a trip to Turkey, met with a group of Afghans and staff members of the embassy.
