Afghanistan–Palestine relations
bilateral relations
Afghanistan–Palestine relations refer to diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and the State of Palestine.
History
Afghanistan recognized the Palestinian National Council's declaration of independence in October 1948, making it the first non-Arab country to do so. Afghanistan officially recognized Palestinian statehood on 16 November 1988.
In 2019, Afghanistan donated US$ one million to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). This was preceded by the United States stopping aid to UNRWA.
Amidst the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan expressed its condemnation of Israeli attacks against Palestinians.
In August 2021, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar of the Taliban met with Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Doha, Qatar. In October 2022, Taliban official Zabihullah Mujahid met with Ismail Haniyeh in Turkey. Sirajuddin Haqqani, Interior Minister of Afghanistan, met with religious scholars from Palestine in January 2023.
Since the onset of the Gaza war in October, the Taliban has increasingly expressed its opposition to Israel. The group has urged both the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Muslim countries to take a firm stance in support of Palestine.
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