Afghanistan–United Arab Emirates relations

Afghanistan–United Arab Emirates relations refer to bilateral relations between Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates.

Afghanistan – United Arab Emirates relations

Afghanistan
United Arab Emirates

War in Afghanistan
Main article: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

UAE has a small humanitarian and peacekeeping military presence in Afghanistan. UAE troops have been welcomed by the country as allied Muslim soldiers and the Emirati soldiers have complimented the Afghan hospitality they encounter.[1]

10 January 2017 Afghanistan bombings
Main article: 10 January 2017 Afghanistan bombings

On January 10, 2017, five diplomats from the UAE who were present to inaugurate a number of UAE backed projects in the city, were killed in a bombing of Humayun Azizi guest house in Kandahar City. The UAE's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Juma Al Kaabi, was wounded and later died of his wounds.[2][3]

References
  1. "Muslim troops help win Afghan minds". BBC News. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  2. Roggio, Bill (January 11, 2017). "Taliban denies role in killing of UAE diplomats". Long War Journal. Archived from the original on January 12, 2017. Five diplomats from the United Arab Emirates were among 11 people killed in a bombing at a guest house in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, yesterday. The UAE’s ambassador to Afghanistan, as well as the governor of Kandahar, were also wounded in the attack. No terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Taliban distanced itself from it.
  3. Abdelaty, Ali; Browning, Noah (January 10, 2017). Ireland, Louise (ed.). "UAE says ambassador to Afghanistan injured in Kandahar bomb attack". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 12, 2017. The United Arab Emirates' ambassador in Afghanistan has been injured in bomb attack at a guest house in the eastern city of Kandahar, the UAE foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. "(The ministry) is following the heinous terrorist attack on the guesthouse of the Kandahar governor which resulted in the injury of his excellency Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi, UAE Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and a number of Emirati diplomats," the statement said.


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