Taliban envoy takes charge of embassy in Pakistan

Although Pakistan does not recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government in Kabul, it still issued visas to the appointed 'diplomats'

A Taliban fighter checks commuters along a road in Injil district of Herat Province on Tuesday. Pic/AFP

Pakistan has quietly allowed the Taliban-appointed “diplomats” to take charge of the Afghan embassy and consulates in the country, a media report said on Saturday.

Although Pakistan does not recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government in Kabul, it still issued visas to the appointed “diplomats”. Sardar Muhammad Shokaib has started working as the first secretary in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, while Hafiz Mohibullah, Mullah Ghulam Rasool and Mullah Muhammad Abbas have been assigned to the Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi consulates of Afghanistan, the Dawn newspaper reported.

The Afghan embassy in Pakistan has been without an ambassador since July when the last envoy under the previous regime, Najibullah Alikhil, left because of controversy due to alleged abduction of his daughter Silsila Alikhil.

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