A Taliban ambassador in Canberra? We're not thinking about it, says PM

Australia is not contemplating a Taliban representative occupying the Afghan embassy in Canberra, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia is not contemplating a Taliban representative occupying the Afghan embassy in Canberra.

Asked about the prospect of a Taliban representative occupying Afghanistan’s embassy in Canberra, Mr Morrison said: "That is something that is not in contemplation".

"If the UN decides that, 'yes we will accept the Taliban representative to replace the current Afghan ambassador to the UN' because it's an international body, that will open the way for a number of other countries to do that," he told SBS News.