# Countries that recognize the Taliban

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-that-recognize-the-taliban/82850 "2001-09-20T18:41:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Elvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvis)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-that-recognize-the-taliban/82850/1 "2001-09-20T18:41:54Z")

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They keep saying on the news that Pakistan is one of three countries that recognizes the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. What are the other two?

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**Author:** ![Natural-J-Bankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Natural-J-Bankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natural-J-Bankie)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-that-recognize-the-taliban/82850/2 "2001-09-20T18:46:37Z")

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Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

Saw it in another thread somewhere

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**Author:** ![Elvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Elvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvis)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-that-recognize-the-taliban/82850/3 "2001-09-20T18:48:41Z")

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