Taliban govt. representatives meet UN, Afghanistan envoys in Doha

The two-day, UN-hosted meeting in Qatar is the third of its kind in the gas-rich emirate in just over a year but the first to include Taliban authorities who seized power in Afghanistan in 2021. "Preparatory discussions have begun with the UN meeting separately with many of the special envoys in attendance and with the Taliban representatives," the UN spokesperson, who asked not to be named, told AFP. UN officials and over 20 envoys, including the US special representative to Afghanistan, were...