NEW YORK—The Taliban are in search of to participate in the United Nations once-a-year collecting as component of the Afghan militant group’s effort to win international recognition, following its armed service victory toppled Afghanistan’s U.S.-backed authorities.
The place of work of U.N. Secretary-Normal António Guterres been given a letter from Taliban overseas minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Monday asking to participate in the U.N. Normal Assembly, in accordance to the U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric. In the meantime, the group stated it had nominated Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman in its Qatar place of work, as its U.N. ambassador, Mr. Dujarric stated.