Deployment of Taliban government diplomats in Pakista
Taliban government diplomats posted at Islamabad embassies, Peshawar, Karachi and Quetta consulates
The new Taliban government in Afghanistan has appointed ambassadors to all three Afghan consulates, including the Afghan embassy in Pakistan.
According to sources, three of the four diplomats have also started their work.
Sources at the Afghan embassy and two other consulates in Islamabad told the BBC that the appointments were made as "first secretaries".
According to information received by the BBC and a notification issued by the Afghan Foreign Ministry on October 20, the Taliban government sent Sardar Ahmed Shakib to the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, while Hafiz Mohibullah Shakir, Gul Hassan Abu Muhammad and Abbas Khan Muhammad. Has been posted as First Secretary at the Afghan Consulates in Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi respectively.
Sources at the Afghan embassy and consulate told the BBC that not only had the diplomats arrived in Pakistan, but at least three had begun their work. But when asked about the notification, Pakistani and Taliban foreign ministry spokesmen did not respond to the BBC.
Hadi Bahr, a spokesman for the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, told that the embassy had received the notification from the Afghan foreign ministry but that "these diplomats have not yet started work".
How did the deployment of Taliban diplomats become possible?
The new Taliban government in Afghanistan has not yet been recognized by any country in the world, including Pakistan, but according to legal experts, if a country does not recognize a country's government, diplomats can still be stationed in that country.
Former Pakistani law minister and former attorney general Ahmar Bilal Sufi told the BBC that even if Pakistan did not recognize the Taliban government, the diplomats could be accepted by the Taliban because of their "There are two ways for a government in international law, one is to formally recognize any state or government and the other is that if one controls most of the country, then with them on that basis," he said. The engagement 'may be.'
Ayaz Wazir, a former Pakistani diplomat in Afghanistan, also agrees with Ahmar Bilal Sufi, saying that even if a government is not recognized, diplomats can be appointed. According to Ayaz Wazir, one method of recognizing a government is 'Recognition de facto' and the other is 'Recognition de jure', and de facto recognition is with the Taliban government in most countries of the world. Are doing.
According to Ayaz Wazir, if the Taliban government has appointed some diplomats in Pakistan, it is not a violation of international law.
The work of Taliban diplomats begins
According to sources at the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, newly arrived diplomat Sardar Ahmad Shakib took office on Monday, October 25, and a small ceremony was held at the embassy that day. According to sources at the Afghan consulate in Quetta, Gul Hassan Abu Muhammad began work there on Tuesday (October 26th) and a ceremony was also held there.
According to sources at the Afghan consulate in Peshawar, a ceremony for the new ambassador, Hafiz Mohibullah Shakir, is scheduled for October 27.
According to these sources, the diplomats have been posted as "First Secretaries" at the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad and at the Afghan Consulates in Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi.