Who's the Afghan rep? U.N. showdown faces Monday deadline

Taliban name ambassador to global body seeking to push out Ghani-era envoy

Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen leaves after a news conference in Moscow on July 9. Shaheen has been nominated to serve as U.N. ambassador by the Taliban. © Reuters

WAJAHAT KHAN, HIONA SHIRAIWA and KAORI YOSHIDA, Nikkei staff writers

September 23, 2021 00:45 JST

Updated on September 23, 2021 07:58 JST

UNITED NATIONS -- A diplomatic face-off is developing in New York between two representatives of Afghanistan -- the Taliban and the remnants of the government led by former President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country after the Islamist militants took over Kabul.