Taliban writes to UN, calls for to be invited to UNGA and nominates an envoy

The radical Islamist group Taliban which seized management of Afghanistan final month, have written to the UN Secretary-General Guterres asking permission to talk to worldwide leaders on the United Nations this week in New York. The group’s overseas minister made the request in a letter on Monday.
#BREAKING: Taliban has written to the United Nations demanding that they be invited to handle the continuing #UNGA session in New York. Letter has reached the UN credentials committee. Taliban has additionally nominated spokesperson Suhail Shaheen as their envoy to the United Nations.— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) September 21, 2021
The UN Secretary obtained the communication with the letterhead “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” signed by “Ameer Khan Muttaqi” as “Minister of Foreign Affairs.”
Guterres’ spokesperson, Farhan Haq, confirmed Muttaqi’s letter. 
Muttaqi’s letter was obtained by the UN 5 days after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres obtained communication on September 15 from the at the moment accredited Afghan Ambassador, Ghulam Isaczai. In the letter, Isaczai offered the listing of Afghanistan’s delegation for the meeting’s 76th annual session, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed.
Taliban nominates Doha-based spokesperson as UN ambassador
The successive letter by the Islamist group, as a substitute, nominated their Doha-based spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen, as Afghanistan’s UN ambassador. The Taliban stated that the envoy for the ousted authorities not represented the nation.
According to a UN spokesperson, the request to take part within the high-level debate is being evaluated by a credentials committee, which incorporates the US, China, and Russia amongst its 9 members.
The credentials committee are, nevertheless, unlikely to satisfy earlier than the top of the General Assembly session subsequent Monday. Until then, Ghulam Isaczai will proceed to function Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Nations below UN procedures.
Ghulam Isaczai is anticipated to make a speech on the ultimate day of the assembly on 27 September. The Taliban, however, claims that Isaczai’s mission “no longer represents Afghanistan.”
The Islamic group has claimed that Afghanistan’s ousted President Ashraf Ghani is not recognised because the nation’s chief by a lot of nations.
It could also be famous that Ghani had abruptly left Afghanistan because the Taliban superior on the capital, Kabul, on August 15. He has since taken refuge within the United Arab Emirates.
SAARC meet cancelled after Pakistan wished Taliban to take part
Meanwhile, the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) assembly of overseas ministers scheduled to be held on twenty fifth September, on the sidelines of the 76th session of UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York now stands cancelled over lack of consent of members who didn’t agree with Pakistan’s demand of together with the Taliban.
This comes after the Imran Khan-led Pakistan authorities insisted and demanded that the Taliban be allowed to take part and ship a consultant for the SAARC summit.
Reports citing sources stated that Pakistan’s demand was unilaterally opposed by all member nations.
Taliban regime has not been recognised by most governments the world over. Also, the Taliban has not but approached the UN for credentials.