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The Taliban wants to speak at the UN General Assembly in New York as the official government of Afghanistan
The Business Insider ^
| 21 September 2021
| Matthew Loh
Posted on 09/22/2021 2:07:37 AM PDT by blueplum
The Taliban have thrown in their bid to speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, several news outlets reported, creating a dilemma over who the UN will choose to recognize as the government of Afghanistan.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday requesting that one of its envoys speak at the General Assembly, reported Reuters.
At the same time, Ghulam Isaczai, the UN ambassador representing Afghanistan's ousted former government, also sent in his delegation list,,,
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; failedstates; taliban; ungeneralassembly
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posted on
09/22/2021 2:07:37 AM PDT
by
blueplum
To: blueplum; artichokegrower
perhaps somebody at the UN can bring up the disappointment that the Taliban must be feeling today, and offer condolences that their
heroin got impounded and all. I bet it made them cry.
h/t artichokegrower
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posted on
09/22/2021 2:11:32 AM PDT
by
blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
To: blueplum
First words following a most fierce looking scowl at the audience …
“Silence! I KEEL YOU!”
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posted on
09/22/2021 2:24:21 AM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: blueplum
Let Omar do it. She’s the one who married her brother.
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posted on
09/22/2021 2:27:02 AM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: blueplum
They allowed the illegitimate “leader” of the U.S. speak.
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posted on
09/22/2021 2:58:28 AM PDT
by
hardspunned
(former GOP globalist stooge)
To: blueplum
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posted on
09/22/2021 3:16:21 AM PDT
by
Sertorius
(A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
To: blueplum
Mayor DeBlasio will have something to say about that. Diplomatic Immunity doesn't cover the need for a vax passport, at least if you're Brazil's president, he may make an exception for Taliban Terrorists.
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posted on
09/22/2021 5:21:14 AM PDT
by
nuke_road_warrior
(Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
To: blueplum
Diplomatic immunity will be the key to bringing in explosives, diseases, toxins, chemicals, etc., for the next massive destruction of CONUS ppl and interests.
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posted on
09/22/2021 5:51:20 AM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: blueplum
I can see it now...A Taliban speaker with two AK-47 armed men behind him!
Reminds of me when Yasser Arafat spoke at the UN. He was allowed to keep his pistol when he spoke. The only armed person who ever spoke at the UN.
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posted on
09/22/2021 7:40:31 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(OUT OF FB JAIL! and back on the attack. 4 hours! Now back in FB jail-again!)
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