08/16/2021 7:49 AM
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Updated 08/16/2021 7:49 AM
The United Nations (UN) Security Council will meet urgently on Monday to discuss the conflict in Afghanistan, after the Taliban entered Kabul on Sunday and claimed "victory" from the government palace.
The Norwegian and Estonian delegations to the UN, who requested the meeting, confirmed on their social networks Monday's appointment, which will start at 10 a.m. Washington time.
Russia, too, had shown interest in bringing together the main executive body of the UN.
The director of the Asian Department of the Foreign Ministry, Zamir Kabulov, confirmed to the Sputnik agency that his government was "working" on this call.
The Taliban stand guard at a checkpoint when they took control of Herat, Afghanistan.
Photo EFE.
Kabulov indicated that, unlike other countries,
Russia has not yet planned to evacuate its embassy staff
.
"We are not preparing the evacuation of the Embassy personnel," he said.
According to the diplomat, and despite the Taliban presence in the capital, the Embassy "carries out its functions normally and closely follows the development of the situation in the country."
Kabulov recalled that the Taliban gave "long ago" security guarantees to diplomatic personnel from all countries present in Afghanistan.
Ahmadullah Muttaqi (CL) The Taliban's Director of Information and Culture talks to journalists.
Photo EFE.
This Sunday, the Taliban entered Kabul and
clamored for "victory" from the government palace
, hours after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad in the dramatic epilogue of 20 years of foreign military intervention and a three-month insurgent blitzkrieg offensive. .
"The Taliban won,"
Ghani declared on Facebook, assuring that he left the country to avoid a "bloodbath", since "countless patriots would have been martyred and Kabul destroyed" if he had stayed.
"Military units from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan entered the city of Kabul to ensure security," insurgent spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted.
"His progress continues normally," he added.
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