The Afghan embassy in London is about to close following the dismissal of its staff by the Taliban authorities.

The mission stated it might shut by the tip of September “on the official request” of the UK authorities.

It follows an announcement by the Taliban in July that it was reducing ties with a number of embassies arrange the earlier regime.

Until now, the west London mission was staffed by officers appointed throughout the pre-Taliban Islamic Republic of Afghanistan authorities.

Afghan ambassador to the UK Zalmai Rassoul thanked his colleagues and others “who’ve sincerely co-operated with the Afghan embassy in London throughout this era”.

The mission, first established in London in 1922, will close on 27 September, he added in a submit on X, previously Twitter.

A spokesman for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office stated: “The embassy is being closed following the dismissal of its staff by the Taliban.”

Citing sources, the non-public Etilaat-e Roz web site stories that the UK authorities had requested Afghan diplomats to close the embassy as a result of they weren’t keen to hand it over to the Taliban.

Afghan diplomats on the embassy in Princes Gate, Kensington, have reportedly been suggested to both go away the UK or apply for political asylum.

It follows an announcement from the Taliban’s overseas ministry in July that it might not recognise paperwork issued by Afghan embassies in the UK and another European nations due to a scarcity of “coordination”.

UK troops left Afghanistan on the finish of August 2021, bringing an finish to a 20-year navy involvement in the nation.

Their departure got here as Taliban troops quickly superior by means of the nation overthrowing the Afghan authorities.

The British embassy in Kabul additionally withdrew all its staff from Afghanistan, shifting them briefly to Qatar, from the place they proceed to function.

Some Afghan embassies in Europe have continued working because the fall of Kabul. Others, together with the embassy in Washington DC, have been pressured to close due to lack of help from the Taliban authorities.

The UK authorities doesn’t recognise the Taliban because the respectable authorities of Afghanistan.