Five years in the cold: Afghan envoy says ‘moral obligation’ keeps embassy open half decade after Taliban takeover

With the number of Afghan missions of the former government dwindling, its Canadian embassy—with no ties to Afghanistan's current Taliban-led regime—hangs on.
Afghan Ambassador to Canada Hassan Soroosh started his post in 2019, and is currently the fourth-longest-serving resident envoy in Ottawa.

Five years after the Taliban recaptured Kabul, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Canada remains a diplomat without a government. 

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