The head of the Taliban government delegation said this Saturday that Afghanistan’s internal issues, including women’s rights, such as education and freedom of movement, are off the agenda of the Taliban. Doha dialogue, organized by the UN.
The delegation representing the Taliban at their first international meeting in this format, which begins on Sunday, will be led by Zabiullah Mujahid, the main spokesman for the Kabul government, and representatives of the Ministry rio do Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Central Bank of Afghanistan.
According to the head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, the meeting, whose agenda was negotiated for months between the UN and the fundamentalists, will address the fight against drugs and financial and banking sanctions. ¡rias.
This will be the third round of international talks on Afghanistan to take place in Doha since the Taliban took over Kabul and the first in which they participate. It is also the first time that representatives of Afghan civil society and human rights activists have not been invited by the UN.
“The Afghan Islamic Emirate is the government of Afghanistan and there should be no other representatives of Afghanistan,” Mujahid responded today during a press conference, when asked why representatives of the Afghan women.
According to the fundamentalist government, giving Afghans a voice through different channels “opens the way to foreign interference.”
The Taliban also do not hope to address issues such as the application of Islamic law, corporal punishment or the abolition of women’s right to education, restrictions to work or circulation.
In this regard, the Taliban spokesman stated that “issues related to Afghans are internal issues and international meetings are not the appropriate place to raise them”.
Meanwhile, Afghan women’s rights activists expressed their disappointment with the meeting which, in their opinion, has no relevance if fundamental rights issues are not addressed.
The most important and catastrophic issue is that of the rights of Afghan women, which are completely ignored by the Taliban. If the meeting is of the UN and has no political interests, women should and must be part of the meeting,” Afghan rights defender Mina Rafiq told EFE.
But without this “the meeting will pave the way for further violations of the rights of Afghan women and their deprivation of public life and, once again, their rights will be ignored”, he lamented.
The official agenda for the Doha meeting has not been released, but it is expected to address issues such as humanitarian aid, the reconstruction of the country and the fight against terrorism.
