{"id":3689,"date":"2023-09-13T14:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/taliban-say-chinese-envoy-appointed-to-kabul-in-first-ambassadorial-appointment-since-takeover\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T14:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:02:05","slug":"taliban-say-chinese-envoy-appointed-to-kabul-in-first-ambassadorial-appointment-since-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/taliban-say-chinese-envoy-appointed-to-kabul-in-first-ambassadorial-appointment-since-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban say Chinese envoy appointed to Kabul in first ambassadorial appointment since takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new Chinese ambassador presented his credentials to the Taliban\u2019s prime minister in Kabul on Wednesday, Afghan officials said, adding it was the first appointment of a foreign envoy at the ambassadorial level since the Taliban took power in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Taliban have not been officially recognised by any foreign government. It was not immediately clear if Wednesday\u2019s appointment signalled any steps by Beijing towards formal recognition<\/a> of the Taliban.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMohammad Hassan Akhund, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, accepted the credentials of Mr Zhao Xing, the new Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan, during a ceremony,\u201d said the Taliban administration\u2019s deputy spokesman, Bilal Karimi, in a statement.<\/p>\n

A Taliban administration foreign ministry spokesman confirmed he was the first ambassador appointed since August 2021 when the Taliban took over as foreign forces withdrew.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s previous ambassador to Afghanistan, Wang Yu, took up the role in 2019 and finished his tenure last month.<\/p>\n

Other nations and international delegations, such as Pakistan and the European Union, have sent senior diplomats to lead diplomatic missions in Kabul but they have taken on a \u2018chargee d\u2019affaires\u2019 title, usually meaning they are responsible for ambassadorial duties but do not formally hold the role of ambassador.<\/p>\n

Some ambassadors appointed during the previous foreign-backed Afghan government have also stayed in Kabul with the same title.<\/p>\n

The Taliban entered the capital on Aug 15, 2021, as the Afghan security forces, set up with years of Western support, disintegrated and US-backed President Ashraf Ghani fled.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new Chinese ambassador presented his credentials to the Taliban\u2019s prime minister in Kabul on Wednesday, Afghan officials said, adding it was the first appointment of a foreign envoy at the ambassadorial level since the Taliban took power in 2021. The Taliban have not been officially recognised by any foreign government. It was not immediately […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/09\/13185111c56c4b1.png?r=185545","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t