Afghan embassies don’t recognise the Taliban
Diplomats remain loyal to an old regime that barely exists
THE TALIBAN prevent girls from going to secondary school in Afghanistan. Yet the country’s ambassador to America is a woman. That is not because the group has decided that women’s rights are a good thing after all. It is just that they cannot replace her. No country yet recognises the Islamic Emirate established by the Taliban. Afghanistan’s embassies still represent the old government, which fell in August.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Mission control”
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