CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Only three countries-Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates-ever recognized the Taliban as the country’s lawful government and, despite repeated efforts, it never gained control of Afghanistan’s UN seat, which remained in the hands of Rabbani supporters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Russia has not recognized the Islamic Emirate as the lawful authority of Afghanistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -No country has yet recognized the Taliban as legitimate rulers of the country, mainly over their harsh treatment of Afghan women and girls.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Taliban (/ˈtælɪbæn, ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/; Pashto: , romanized: ṭālibān, lit. ‘students’ or ‘seekers’), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist and Pashtun nationalist militant political movement in Afghanistan.