Beijing: Afghan Ambassador to China left a colorful resignation record for the successor to the post-Taliban takeover on Monday – revealed that the staff had not been paid for months and that the receptionist alone was left to answer the phone.
Javid Ahmad Qaem climbed to Twitter to detail how he had to erode the cash from the embassy bank account to pay staff after the Taliban confiscated Afghanistan last August.
The end for respectable responsibility: I quit my work as an ambassador.
It is an honor to represent Afg 🇦🇫 and my peo …
https://t.co/FO4DEPQWVN- Javid Ahmad Qaem (@JavidQaem) 1641797338000 “Because we did not receive salaries from Kabul for the past six months, we assign the committee from In the diplomat to resolve financial problems, “Qaem wrote in a letter to the Afghan Foreign Ministry dated January 1 but posted to social media on Monday.
Still, he left funds for his successor.
“To this day, January 1, 2022, there are around $ 100,000 left in the account.” Goodbye! 31/12/2021 https://t.co/um9TDPMYJC- Javid Ahmad Qaem (@javidqaem) 1640930317000He doesn’t say where he goes next.
In the portrait of the embassy that barely functioned, Qaem’s letter revealed that he had left the key for five embassy cars in his office and that one local rental alone was assigned to answer questions after all other diplomats.
Many Afghan embassies were in a diplomatic limbo, run by staff who were still loyal to the government supported by the West who was dropped by the Taliban.
Some Afghan diplomats have left their Beijing posts since they fell Kabul, Qaem wrote, summoning his resignation “ending respectable responsibility” in the accompanying Tweet.
“I believe when new people assigned, Mr.
Sadaat, arrived in Beijing, there will be no other diplomat left,” said the letter, adding that China had been “knowledgeable”.
Not immediately clear from the existence of his replacement, or who had pointed at him, and did not immediately comment from Taliban officials in Kabul.
The Afghan embassy in Beijing was open as usual on Monday afternoon, with internationally recognized Afghan tricolor, and two security guards outside.
Qaem, who has served as an ambassador since November 2019, has expressed concern about the Taliban in media interviews shortly after China held a delegation of visits in July.
A few weeks later, the Taliban arrested Kabul and formed a new Islamic government.
Since then, Afghanistan has been plunged into financial chaos, with inflation and unemployment soaring.
China has provided millions of people to Afghanistan in assistance since takeover and new regimes see Beijing as an important source of investment.
The Taliban has not appointed a new representative for most of the mission, and their government is not recognized by any nation.
Beijing is not the only Afghan embassy that seems to fall into chaos.
The police were called to the State Embassy in Rome last week when a Afghan diplomat who was fired attacked ambassador after claiming he had been appointed to replace him, said the mission.
The Taliban Foreign Ministry in Kabul said diplomats still had a legitimate contract and the termination was illegal.
There was also a diplomatic deadlock at the United Nations, with representatives from used and the current regime both claimed Afghan seats.
At the end of last year the UN Security Council without the limit delayed making a decision about this problem.