UAE accepts Taliban ambassador's credentials

FILE - Badruddin Haqqani, right, then the Afghan Taliban envoy to the United Arab Emirates, walks through an aircraft displayed at the Dubai Air Show in the UAE, Nov. 13, 2023. The UAE on Aug. 21, 2024, accepted Haqqani's credentials as ambassador.

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday accepted the credentials of the Taliban's ambassador to the oil-rich Gulf Arab state, the biggest diplomatic coup for Afghanistan's rulers, who are not officially recognized as the country's legitimate government.