The Afghan embassy in Washington will be closed if it is cut off from Kabul

A senior US State Department official said on Saturday that the Afghan embassy in the United States would close next week because Afghan diplomats had been cut off from their capital and lack funding.

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Twenty-five ambassadors representing the state of Afghanistan in Washington before falling to the Taliban last August will not soon be able to benefit from their position and, within a month, will have to apply for a new visa. United States. With their families, the officer told AFP.

US diplomacy will continue to work with them until next week. “Facilitate the proper closure of operations in a manner that protects and preserves all diplomatic property in the United States until operations resume“This senior officer said anonymously.

The Taliban are not recognized by the international community and have no real control over the diplomatic missions of the previous government, which are no longer funded and often run by ambassadors loyal to the former pro-Western government. “Embassies and Consulates in Afghanistan (Los Angeles and New York, editorial note) face significant financial difficulties, their bank accounts not available“This US official goes on to say that this freeze is not the truth of the United States, it is the truth of the banks. A few million dollars are stuck there.

“We do not want to recognize diplomats appointed by the Taliban at this time.“Refers to this source from the US State Department.”If you decide to go it cheap and risk the low bandwidth you are only fooling yourselfThe Taliban’s legal authority in Kabul. He noted that no talks had been held with the Taliban regarding the closure of the embassy. In January, the Afghan ambassador to Beijing resigned several months later without any funding from Kabul.

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In early February, after Taliban representatives visited Norway to hold talks with several Western diplomats, the Taliban’s foreign minister told AFP that his governmentApproximateRecognition. “That is our right, the right of the AfghansAamir Khan added Muthaki.The international community wants to get in touch with us“.