Ghulam Isaczai, who represented former president Ashraf Ghani's government, stepped down after the United Nations delayed a decision over appointing a former Taliban spokesperson to the post.
The Afghan ambassador appointed by the country's overthrown government has left his post at the United Nations.
Ghulam Isaczai "relinquished his position as of December 15," according to a letter received on Thursday, assistant UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
With Afghanistan in economic crisis following the Taliban takeover in August, the country's mission to the UN has struggled to keep operating, diplomats said.
The Afghan mission to the UN could not be reached for comment on Thursday night.
On September 14, Isaczai formally asked the UN to state that he remained the Afghan ambassador.
Later that month the Taliban asked the UN to accredit Suhail Shaheen, a former spokesperson for the movement, as the new ambassador replacing Isaczai.
Isaczai took part in a UN Security Council meeting in late November, at which he openly criticised his country's new rulers.
UN's decision to delay
But early this month, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution in which it indefinitely delayed a decision over the rival claims to the representative seat for Afghanistan.
UN diplomats said the decision to delay the request by the Taliban had wide support because of the actions of the new rulers of the country.
The Taliban has criticised the UN's failure to decide on this issue, saying it ignores the rights of the Afghan people.
When they previously ruled Afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban had no ambassador at the UN.
No country has currently recognised the Taliban, which has come under intense international pressure to broaden its all-male, overwhelmingly Pashtun government, and to ensure the rights of women to education, employment and participation in Afghan political and social life.
Source: TRT World
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