UN removes Ashraf Ghani’s name as head of Afghan government

The United Nations has removed former Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani from the list of heads of state.

The list, published on the official website of the United Nations, also removes the name of Ghani’s wife, Rula Ghani, as Afghanistan’s first lady.

However, the post of President of Afghanistan is listed as “President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan”.

Similarly, the name of Mohammad Hanif Atmar, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, has been removed from the list, although the name of Nasir Ahmad Fayek, the Chargé d’Affaires of Afghanistan’s Representation to the United Nations, is on the list of heads of diplomatic missions.