May 14, 2024
UN chief convenes crucial conference on Afghanistan in Doha
Islamabad: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is convening another conference on Afghanistan in Doha next month, as part of diplomatic efforts to monitor coordinated international efforts to address Afghanistan’s de facto regime. This will be the third UN-sponsored conference seeking consensus among key stakeholders on the way forward in Afghanistan. The last meeting was held in February and was attended by special representatives from 25 countries in addition to civil society activists from Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban were first invited to the conference, but boycotted it, raising objections to inviting other Afghan representatives and the conference agenda. The Taliban government also


