WASHINGTON: The Afghan embassy in Washington, beneath serious monetary power and bring to a halt from the brand new Taleban authorities in Kabul, will shut down within the coming week, a senior State Division legitimate showed Saturday. Its diplomats, holdovers from the outdated authorities, now have a month to use for US visas earlier than being deported-though now not again to Afghanistan, the legitimate mentioned, talking on situation of anonymity.
Round 100 diplomats lately paintings on the embassy in Washington or at Afghan consulates in Los Angeles and in New York, in keeping with The New York Instances. More or less one-fourth haven’t begun to use to stay in america, the American legitimate mentioned. “The Afghan Embassy and consulates are beneath serious monetary power. Their financial institution accounts aren’t to be had to them,” the legitimate mentioned. He added, “We don’t have any goal of accrediting diplomats who’re appointed via the Taleban right now.” The gang will retain its present diplomatic standing for 30 days.
The legitimate mentioned the State Division had “now made preparations in cooperation with the Afghan Embassy to facilitate an orderly shutdown of operations in some way that may offer protection to and maintain all diplomatic venture assets in the USA till operations are in a position to renew.” The Taleban, who seized energy in Kabul final August, aren’t known via the global neighborhood and they’ve now not totally received regulate of diplomatic missions arrange beneath the former authorities. Lots of the diplomats stay unswerving to the outdated pro-Western authorities.
Period in-between, Afghan diplomats now not have get right of entry to to a number of hundred thousand greenbacks in investment after banks-not america government-froze their accounts, america legitimate mentioned. The accrediting of Taleban-appointed diplomats, have been it to occur, is “one thing that may occur a lot additional down the street, if we have been shifting towards popularity of them formally as the federal government of Afghanistan,” the legitimate mentioned.
He mentioned america aspect had had no discussions with the Taleban concerning the choice to near the embassy. In January, the Afghan ambassador in Beijing resigned after months with none financing from Kabul. In early February, following the discuss with of a Taleban delegation to Norway for talks with a number of Western diplomats, Taleban International Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi informed AFP that his authorities used to be getting nearer to reaching popularity, pronouncing, “That is our proper.” He mentioned the global neighborhood sought after to engage along with his authorities. – AFP