Taliban ask to address UN General Assembly: UN spokesmanThe Taliban said it had named its spokesman Suhail Shaheen as its ambassador to the United Nations. UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at this week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, a UN spokesman said Tuesday. The credentials committee will now rule on the request, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told AFP. The letter said that the Taliban had nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's permanent representative to the UN. "These two communications have been sent by the secretariat, after consultation with the office of the president of the General Assembly, to the members of the credentials committee of the 76th session of the General Assembly," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 21, 2021 21:45 UTC