Wednesday, February 14, 2001, updated at 22:05(GMT+8)
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Taliban Order Closure of UNSMA Office in Kabul
Afghan Taliban Militia on Wednesday ordered the United Nations Special Mission in (UNSMA) Kabul to close its office there, according to a news dispatch reaching here from Kabul.
This is the response of Taliban against a US decision to close the Taliban office in New York.
The Taliban Foreign Ministry said in a letter to the UNSMA that if their office in New York is closed then there will be no need to have the UNSMA office in Kabul, adding it should be closed at once.
The letter did not mention whether the order also covered UNSMA offices in other Afghan cities.
Afghan Taliban Militia on Wednesday ordered the United Nations Special Mission in (UNSMA) Kabul to close its office there, according to a news dispatch reaching here from Kabul.