Afghanistan–United Arab Emirates relations

Afghanistan – United Arab Emirates relations

Afghanistan
United Arab Emirates

Afghanistan–United Arab Emirates relations refer to bilateral relations between Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates.

UAE has a small humanitarian military presence in Afghanistan. UAE troops have been welcomed by the country as allied Muslim soldiers and the Emirati soldiers compliment the Afghan hospitality they encounter.[1] Protests from Kabul arose when the Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan torture controversy erupted, in which Issa, a member of the royal family, was spotted brutally beating an Afghan man who was accused to have ripped him off for only $5,000. The UAE maintains an embassy in Kabul while Afghanistan has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and consulate-general in Dubai.

On January 10, 2017, five diplomats from the UAE were killed in a bombing of a guest house in Kandahar City, wounding the UAE's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Muslim troops help win Afghan minds". BBC News. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.


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