United Nations Denies Taliban Afghanistan’s Seat For Fourth Year In A Row

Two diplomatic sources confirmed to Afghanistan International that in a meeting held on November 20, the Taliban's request to allocate the Afghan seat in the United Nations to the group's representative was rejected.

In this meeting, the credentials of the representatives of Afghanistan, Myanmar and Libya were reviewed.

Members of the committee, including the United States, China and Russia, attended the meeting.

According to the proposal of the chairman of the committee, the review of the credentials of the representative of Afghanistan was postponed.

This is the fourth time that the United Nations has rejected the Taliban's request to hand over the UN seat to the group's representative.

Currently, the seat of Afghanistan is held by Nasir Ahmad Faiq, a representative of the former Afghan government.

The Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has nominated Suhail Shaheen as its representative to the United Nations, but the United Nations does not recognise Shaheen as Afghanistan's representative.