INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is scheduled to hold a meeting on Tuesday that will focus on the current situation in
Afghanistan.UNSC members are expected to discuss economic, humanitarian and security concerns.Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) spokesman
Bilal Karimi said the IEA welcomed meetings that are held with the aim of cooperating with the government and people of Afghanistan.He also
said that Afghans expect cooperation and that such meetings must be held in accordance with international laws and principles.However, the
IEA still does not have a designated UN representative & one year after taking control of the country.Instead, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, who
assumed leadership of the Afghan mission to the UN in December last year, will address the security council members.The IEA does not however
recognize him as the legitimate envoy to the UN.In a series of tweets on Monday, Faiq said that he would address the security council
meeting and speak on behalf of Afghans.On behalf of Afghans, in this important meeting, like always, I would like to raise the voice of my
nation,& he said.In September last year, the IEA asked the UN to accredit Suhail Shaheen, the head of the IEA&s political office in Qatar,
as the new ambassador.But in December, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution in which it indefinitely delayed a decision over the
rival claims to the representative seat for Afghanistan.At the time, the IEA criticized the UN&s failure to decide on this issue, saying it
was ignoring the rights of the Afghan people.The post UN Security Council to meet over situation in Afghanistan first appeared on Ariana
