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Qatar strikes ‘diplomatic success’ after PM’s secret meeting with Taliban chief

The top Qatari official addressed the urgent need to end the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s employment and education. Qatar’s prime minister reportedly held private discussions with the Taliban’s supreme leader…

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Taliban told Qatar to ‘invest in Afghanistan’ during PM meeting

Qatar has hosted the Taliban’s political office in Doha since 2012 and has served as a key mediator between the group and the international community. Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban group has…

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UN chief in Qatar says ‘not the right time’ to meet with Taliban

Qatar has hosted the Taliban’s political office in Doha since 2012 and has served as a key mediator between the group and the international community. The United Nations chief said…

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Absent Taliban slams UN meeting on Afghanistan as ‘ineffective’

The United Nations’ review of its operations in Afghanistan is anticipated to be finished on Friday. The UN-organised conference on Afghanistan in Doha has been described by the Taliban administration…

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Taliban ‘not invited’ to UN’s Afghanistan meeting in Doha

The United Nations is holding a closed-door international meeting on Afghanistan in Qatar between 1-2 May. The Taliban administration has not been invited to a conference that United Nations Secretary-General…

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Doha hosts crucial talks on future of education in Afghanistan

UN experts have stated that the persistent and illegitimate deprivation of education for girls and young women in Afghanistan represents a worldwide low point in the sector. Qatar hosted pivotal…

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Taliban yet to make good on promises one year on: analysts

One year since the Taliban takeover, has the group fulfilled any of its promises? Uncertainty, fear, and betrayal—those are some of the feelings shared by Afghans as they watched their…

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Former US envoy for Afghanistan defends ‘historic’ Doha Agreement

Afghanistan’s former president was also blamed for the fall of Kabul last year. Former US envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad defended the 2020 Doha Agreement that was signed with the…

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