The Taliban has requested UN to address the General Assembly meetings and fielded spokesman Suhail Shaheen as a candidate for UN ambassador. Taliban ask to speak at UN General Assembly in New York https://t.co/MqGBPHgs5e — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 21, 2021 Amid disputes over who will represent Afghanistan at the international body, the Taliban said in the letter addressed to the office of the UN secretary-general that it should ...