Who is Taliban’s first UAE envoy since its return to power?
The United Arab Emirates is only the second country to accept an ambassador from the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, after China.
BEIRUT, DUBAI — The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan appointed its first ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Wednesday, more than two months after a rare visit by the group's interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani to Abu Dhabi.
The Foreign Ministry in Kabul announced the appointment of Badruddin Haqqani in a press release on its website late on Wednesday.
According to the press release, Saif Abdullah Al-Shamsi, the assistant undersecretary for protocol affairs at the Emirati Foreign Ministry, accepted Haqqani's credentials during a formal ceremony in Abu Dhabi.
Haqqani described relations between the UAE and Afghanistan as “historic” and expressed his appreciation for the ongoing cooperation between the two countries, the statement read.
