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Taliban Delegation Meets with UN Officials in Qatar Amid Concerns Over Women's Representation

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The recent UN-led conference on Afghanistan, held in Doha, Qatar, saw Taliban officials attend for the first time. The two-day meeting marks the third such gathering, with envoys from around 25 countries and regional organizations participating. Notably, the Taliban were not invited to the initial meeting and set unacceptable conditions for attending the second one in February. The conference comes as the UN prepares to hold engagement talks with the Taliban government, which has stated that issues concerning women's rights are internal matters they are working to address. However, the exclusion of Afghan women from main meetings has sparked widespread criticism.

  1. Tirana Hassan
    Human Rights Watch
    1. Excluding women risks legitimising the Taliban's abuses and triggering irreparable harm to the UN's credibility as an advocate for women's rights and women's meaningful participation.
  2. Rina Amiri
    UN Security Council
    1. Afghans, especially women, must be given spaces at the table to advocate on their own behalf.
    2. Afghanistan's peace, security, and sustainability challenges cannot be resolved without their inclusion.
  3. AF
    Zabihullah Mujahid
    Taliban
    1. We urge all countries not to abandon the Afghan people in difficult times, and actively participate in Afghanistan's reconstruction and economic strengthening.
  4. US
    Rosemary DiCarlo
    United Nations
    1. This is not a meeting about recognition. This is not a meeting to lead to recognition... Having engagement doesn't mean recognition.
    2. This isn't about the Taliban. This is about Afghanistan and the people.
  5. FR
    Agnès Callamard
    Amnesty International
    1. The international community must adopt a clear and united stance: The rights of women and girls in Afghanistan are nonnegotiable.

Afghanistan under Taliban rule

  1. International Criminal Court seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for persecution of Afghan women
  2. Afghan Women's Education Ban Under Review
  3. Taliban threaten to close NGOs employing Afghan women

sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.The New York Times
  3. 3.DW News
  4. 4.CTV News
  5. 5.The Times of India
  6. 6.The Guardian
  7. 7.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Islamic Terrorism
  3. 3.Ethnic tensions
  4. 4.Authoritarianism
  5. 5.Human rights
  6. 6.Women's Rights
  7. 7.Afghanistan under Taliban rule
  8. 8.War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

countries

  1. 1.AfghanistanAF
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.IndiaIN
  4. 4.QatarQA
  5. 5.Russian FederationRU
  6. 6.United StatesUS
  7. 7.UzbekistanUZ

organizations

  1. 1.TalibanAF
  2. 2.United Nations
  3. 3.Amnesty InternationalGB
  4. 4.Human Rights Watch
  5. 5.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  6. 6.European Union
  7. 7.Independent Human Rights Commission

persons

  1. 1.António GuterresPT
  2. 2.Zabihullah MujahidAF
  3. 3.Agnès CallamardFR
  4. 4.Roza OtunbayevaKG
  5. 5.Tirana Hassan
  6. 6.Christina Goldbaum
  7. 7.Faizullah Jalal
  8. 8.Habiba Sarabi
  9. 9.Heather Barr
  10. 10.Rina Amiri
  11. 11.Rosemary DiCarloUS
  12. 12.Shabnam Salehi

technicals

  1. 1.Charter of the United Nations
  2. 2.Islam