Maldives recalls its ambassador in Pakistan over unsanctioned meeting with Kabul's envoy

Pakistani officials said connected Tuesday they were alert nan Maldives authorities had recalled its ambassador to Pakistan aft he met pinch nan Afghan Taliban government’s apical diplomat successful Islamabad without clearing it pinch his government

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani officials said connected Tuesday they were alert nan Maldives authorities had recalled its ambassador to Pakistan aft he met pinch nan Afghan Taliban government's apical diplomat successful Islamabad without clearing it pinch his government.

The Maldives does not admit nan Taliban authorities which seized powerfulness successful August 2021 arsenic United States and NATO forces withdrew from nan country. The Taliban has been widely isolated for quality authorities violations since nan takeover, including bans connected Afghan girls and women.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives said successful a connection connected Nov. 3 that nan caller gathering betwixt Mohamed Thoha, nan High Commissioner of Maldives successful Pakistan and Ahmad Shakib, Afghanistan’s chargé d’affaires was not “sanctioned by nan Government of Maldives.”

Without elaborating, nan connection said an “appropriate action" was taken against Thoha connected Saturday.

It said “Maldives is guided by nan believe followed by nan United Nations General Assembly erstwhile questions originate astir nan typical characteristic of a government. Consistent pinch this practice, nan Maldives recognizes nan Government representing Afghanistan astatine nan United Nations arsenic nan morganatic Government of Afghanistan.”

This came days aft nan Afghan embassy successful Islamabad said successful a connection nan 2 officials met to talk ways to heighten practice and waste and acquisition relations betwixt Maldives and Central Asian Countries done Afghanistan.

It besides stated that nan Afghan envoy while thanking Thoha said “Afghanistan seeks constructive relations pinch each countries and is striving done its economy-focused policies to toggle shape Afghanistan into a location connectivity hub”.

The precocious committee of Maldives successful Islamabad took down Thoha's photograph from its website.