{"id":9730,"date":"2026-05-20T23:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/news\/afghanistans-un-seat-dispute-acting-envoy-rejects-talibans-claim\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T23:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:57:28","slug":"afghanistans-un-seat-dispute-acting-envoy-rejects-talibans-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/picture\/afghanistans-un-seat-dispute-acting-envoy-rejects-talibans-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan&#8217;s UN Seat Dispute: Acting Envoy Rejects Taliban&#8217;s Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nasir Ahmad Faeeq, the acting head of Afghanistan&#8217;s permanent mission to the United Nations, has firmly responded to repeated requests by Amir Khan Muttaqi for the Taliban to assume the country\u2019s UN seat, labeling their claims as legally unfounded due to a lack of domestic and international legitimacy.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-149469\" src=\"https:\/\/media.ariananews.co\/images\/2026\/05\/\u0646\u0635\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0641\u0627\u06cc\u0642-\u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0646-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Faeeq emphasized that the UN seat should be reserved for governments that arise from the will of the people. He criticized the Taliban for stifling freedom of expression and imposing severe restrictions on women&#8217;s rights to work and education, stating that such actions violate accepted global standards. Currently, the United Nations is withholding the transfer of this seat to the Taliban due to a lack of international consensus and Kabul&#8217;s failure to establish an inclusive political structure. As a result, the representation of Afghanistan remains in the hands of diplomats from the previous government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a strong rebuttal to Taliban requests, Nasir Ahmad Faeeq, Afghanistan&#8217;s acting UN representative, argued that the group&#8217;s claims to the UN seat are illegitimate due to their oppressive policies and lack of popular support. Faeeq emphasized that the seat should reflect a government that represents the will of the Afghan people, noting that the UN is withholding the transfer amid ongoing concerns over the Taliban&#8217;s human rights record and political inclusivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_mat_hreflang_tags":{"fa-AF":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/?p=149468","en":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/picture\/afghanistans-un-seat-dispute-acting-envoy-rejects-talibans-claim\/","ar":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/ar\/picture\/afghanistans-un-seat-dispute-acting-envoy-rejects-talibans-claim\/"},"addvideo":"","video_duration":"","farsit":"\u0648\u0627\u06a9\u0646\u0634 \u0642\u0627\u0637\u0639 \u0628\u0647 \u0627\u062f\u0639\u0627\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0647 \u062a\u0635\u0627\u062d\u0628 \u06a9\u0631\u0633\u06cc \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0631 \u0633\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0644\u0644","target":"0","top_stories":"0","top":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture"],"acf":{"myctype":"","target":false,"top_stories":false,"top":false,"farsit":"\u0648\u0627\u06a9\u0646\u0634 \u0642\u0627\u0637\u0639 \u0628\u0647 \u0627\u062f\u0639\u0627\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0647 \u062a\u0635\u0627\u062d\u0628 \u06a9\u0631\u0633\u06cc \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0631 \u0633\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0644\u0644"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Afghanistan&#039;s UN Seat Dispute: Acting Envoy Rejects Taliban&#039;s Claim<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a strong rebuttal to Taliban requests, Nasir Ahmad Faeeq, Afghanistan&#039;s acting UN representative, argued that the group&#039;s claims to the UN seat are illegitimate due to their oppressive policies and lack of popular support. 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