On 22 September, the United Arab Emirates, and later Saudi Arabia, withdrew recognition of the Taliban as Afghanistan's legal government, leaving neighbouring Pakistan as the only remaining country with diplomatic ties.
Ujedinjeni Arapski Emirati i, sljedećeg dana, Saudijska Arabija su povukle svoje priznanje talibanskog režima kao legitimne vlasti u Afganistanu, pri čemu je susjedni Pakistan ostao jedina preostala zemlja s diplomatskim odnosima s Afganistanom.