Afghanistan players who participated in the 44th Olympiad Chess in Chennai were seen brandishing the Taliban white flag, while they officially played at international sports events under the Tricolor banner from the previous Afghan Republic government.
This problem was revealed on Sunday when Ahmadullah Wasiq, Director General of National Radio and Television and Director of Acting for Intelligence and Deputy Head of the Afghan Islamic Emirates Cultural Commission Tweet photo from one of the team members posing in that place with that place with that place with that place With this place with this place with the venue with the venue the Taliban flag.
“Players from 199 countries including Afghanistan have gathered for the Olympics in India. Wherever the players are, the white flag Afghanistan is displayed in an important and striking place at the door, “Wasiq said in a tweet.He also said that this “showed good relations between the two countries (India and Afghanistan)”.This was immediately distributed widely by all the pro-Taliban Twitter handle.
However, according to the official website of Chess Olympiad 2022, a team from Afghanistan played under the flag of Tricolor Afghanistan.
“We use both flags. Inside the venue we use the old flag, but outside the main place we can use the white flag. We are a player, we have nothing to do with politics, “Quraishi Obaidullah, President, Afghan National Chess Federation, told The Print from Chennai.
He added that at the beginning no one had stopped them from pose with the Taliban flag, and it was also included in the poster outside the main place, they found the posters were removed from the Sunday morning venue when they came to play. “My team is performing well and I hope we can reach the final round. The authorities here care for all delegations, “Obaidullah said.
India does not recognize the temporary government of the Taliban, or Afghan Islamic Emirates, officially, and therefore does not let the white flag be used. Even the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi uses the old flag.