Media reports say Kazakhstan has accredited Afghan diplomats representing Taliban government.
Citing Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov, media reports say Kazakhstan has accredited diplomats from Afghanistan.
“In response to the request of the new administration of Afghanistan for accreditation of diplomats we have made a positive decision,” Smadiyarov was cited as telling a briefing.
He reportedly added that the move does not mean the recognition of the Afghan government under the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorist activities).
Following the collapse of the previous government in Afghanistan, its embassies have stopped representing the country abroad, creating a difficult situation, which Kazakhstan wants to help the Afghan people resolve, Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman stated.
"First of all, I want to remind [you of] the words of the head of state that we will not leave Afghanistan on its own with current difficulties," the spokesman was cited as saying.
Kazakhstan supports a “united, thriving Afghanistan,” he added.
The Taliban returned to power Afghanistan in August 2021, twenty years after their ouster by U.S. troops. In September 2021, the group set up a new government, led by Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who served as foreign minister during the previous period of Taliban rule and has been under UN sanctions since 2001.
