Afghanistan–United Arab Emirates relations

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Afghanistan – United Arab Emirates relations
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The United Arab Emirates has a small humanitarian and peacekeeping military presence in Afghanistan.[citation needed] UAE troops have been welcomed by the country as allied Muslim soldiers and the Emirati soldiers have complimented the Afghan hospitality they encounter.[1] Prior to this, the UAE and some Arab/Persian Gulf states supported the Mujahideen government and the Taliban government.[2]

Around 300,000 Afghan citizens work in the UAE where many work in the fields of construction and agriculture, and as business people in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.[3][4] Some of them could be Iranians or Pakistanis using false Afghan passports.[5]

On January 10, 2017, five diplomats from the UAE who were present to inaugurate a number of UAE backed projects in the city, were killed in a bombing of Humayun Azizi guest house in Kandahar City. The UAE's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Juma Al Kaabi, was wounded and later died of his wounds.[6][7]

In 2021, Ashraf Ghani, the former Afghanistan president fled to Tajikistan, then to Oman, and then to the UAE, where he was granted asylum after the Taliban seized Kabul.[8] A few weeks later, after the US and most countries pulled out their citizens, a UAE plane carrying aid landed at Kabul Airport, making it the first foreign plane to land there in a while.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Muslim troops help win Afghan minds". BBC News. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  2. ^ https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/why-saudi-arabia-and-uae-are-distancing-themselves-from-the-afghanistan-crisis-3990284.html
  3. ^ Shahbandari, Shafaat (November 30, 2012). "Afghans take hope from UAE's achievements". Gulf News. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  4. ^ "UAE is our haven: The Afghan community". Khaleej Times. December 16, 2016. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  5. ^ "Fraud in Passport Office Revealed After Iranian National Got Afghan Passport". TOLOnews. August 22, 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-28. It is now said many Iranians and Pakistanis seek out Afghan passports in order to get easier access to the UAE.
  6. ^ Roggio, Bill (January 11, 2017). "Taliban denies role in killing of UAE diplomats". Long War Journal. Archived from the original on January 12, 2017. Five diplomats from the United Arab Emirates were among 11 people killed in a bombing at a guest house in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, yesterday. The UAE’s ambassador to Afghanistan, as well as the governor of Kandahar, were also wounded in the attack. No terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Taliban distanced itself from it.
  7. ^ Abdelaty, Ali; Browning, Noah (January 10, 2017). Ireland, Louise (ed.). "UAE says ambassador to Afghanistan injured in Kandahar bomb attack". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 12, 2017. The United Arab Emirates' ambassador in Afghanistan has been injured in bomb attack at a guest house in the eastern city of Kandahar, the UAE foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. "(The ministry) is following the heinous terrorist attack on the guesthouse of the Kandahar governor which resulted in the injury of his excellency Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi, UAE Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and a number of Emirati diplomats," the statement said.
  8. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/world/middleeast/ashraf-ghani-afghanistan-taliban.html
  9. ^ https://www.nbcnews.com/video/first-flight-into-afghanistan-under-taliban-control-arrives-at-kabul-airport-120163397736?cid=referral_taboolafeed
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