Leaked documents from the Taliban administration reveal that the group’s border police have been unable to verify the authenticity of a New Zealand visa label attached to the passport of an Afghan citizen.
The documents, published by the hacker group “TalibLeaks”, show that the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed its embassy in Tehran to raise the issue with the New Zealand embassy in Iran.
At the request of the border police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sought clarification regarding the validity of the New Zealand visa issued to the Afghan individual.
Border police officers are typically trained to distinguish genuine travel and consular documents from forgeries and are equipped with specialist tools for this purpose. However, since the Taliban’s return to power, the group has replaced many trained personnel in civilian and military institutions with its own appointees.
Many of these newly appointed officials lack formal education and have primarily received training in religious schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
