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Iran to recognize Taliban gov’t in Afghanistan soon, envoy says
“There is no obstacle to recognizing the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan and Tehran will soon do so,” Alireza Bikdeli told Afghan media outlet TOLOnews, IRNA reported on Wednesday.
Bikdeli said Iran and Afghanistan had multidimensional bonds ahead of them and that, at an “appropriate time,” Tehran would announce the legal decision of recognition to strengthen those bonds.
“At an appropriate time, we will use this legal decision and, to strengthen our ties, we will have our own initiative regarding recognition that all of you will admire,” he said.
In August 2021, after the downfall of the Afghan government, the Taliban declared their rule under the name “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”.
The development followed the withdrawal of US and NATO forces, the rapid fall of cities and taking control of Kabul on August 15, 2021. Then-president Ashraf Ghani left the country and the Taliban fully assumed the government.
Russia is the only country to have formally recognized the Taliban government, although several others have maintained contacts or relations without granting official recognition.