United Nations, December 18
The former Afghan government’s ambassador to the United Nations has resigned after the country’s current Taliban rulers sought to replace him with their own envoy. Ghulam Isaczai told the UN on Thursday that he stepped down the day before, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
Afghanistan’s UN Mission tweeted that another diplomat, Naseer Faiq, would lead it as a chargé d’affaires. The mission said it would continue working “to share the concerns and legitimate demands of our fellow citizens at the UN”. Taliban leaders, however, have been trying to put their own representative, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, in their country’s seat at the UN.
Isaczai, a longtime UN diplomat, was appointed last June by President Ashraf Ghani, whose government was ousted by the Taliban on Aug. 15 amid a chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. — AP
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