As representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gathered for a conference on Afghanistan in Islamabad on Saturday, State-run Radio Pakistan tweeted that the “Foreign Minister of Afghanistan” had arrived in the city.
The tweet accurately reflected the Pakistani establishment’s de facto recognition of the Taliban setup in Kabul, which has already been allowed to post four senior officials and dozens of other operatives in Afghan missions in Pakistan.
But as numerous Twitter users pointed to the slip-up, Radio Pakistan deleted its tweet and posted another that described Amir Khan Muttaqi as the “Foreign Minister of [the] interim govt”.