{"id":267800,"date":"2024-06-23T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T03:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=267800"},"modified":"2024-06-23T11:47:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T03:47:22","slug":"nicaragua-names-ambassador-to-taliban-run-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=267800","title":{"rendered":"Nicaragua names ambassador to Taliban-run Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2024\/06\/23\/image-196243-1719111326.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MANAGUA, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Nicaragua has appointed an ambassador to Afghanistan, local media reported, in a rare move increasing ties with the diplomatically isolated Taliban regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Campbell, currently Nicaragua&#8217;s ambassador to China, will take on the additional role from his office in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We thank the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, that people, that government, for the blessing they have given to our comrade Michael Campbell,&#8221; Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo said, according to the pro-government news outlet El 19 Digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since their 2021 return to power, Taliban authorities have not been formally recognized by any nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nicaraguan government did not mention recognizing the Taliban government in its announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China also has an ambassador to Afghanistan without recognizing the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top diplomat from the United States is a charge d&#8217;affaires, with Washington operating without a formal ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Taliban apply a rigorous interpretation of Islam, leading to suppression of women&#8217;s freedoms that the United Nations has described as &#8220;gender apartheid.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in office since 2007, has governed via increasingly authoritarian practices, quashing presidential term limits and seizing control of all branches of the state. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANAGUA, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Nicaragua has appointed an ambassador to Afghanistan, local media reported, in a rare move increasing ties with the diplomatically isolated Taliban regime. Michael Campbell, currently Nicaragua&#8217;s ambassador to China, will take on the additional role from his office in Beijing. &#8220;We thank the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, that people, that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":267801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267800"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267804,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267800\/revisions\/267804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/267801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}