RASC News Agency: Rina Amiri recently emphasized that the second Doha meeting has strengthened the global community’s dedication to supporting the people of Afghanistan and tackling their challenges for economic stability, security, and the protection of Afghanistan rights, especially focusing on the predicaments confronting women and girls in the nation. As the Special Representative of the United States for Women and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Amiri highlighted this issue on Friday night, Feb 23, through a post on the X social media platform.
She further noted that during the Doha meeting, representatives of Afghanistan civil society urged the international community to examine the current status of Afghanistani women, their involvement, and the engagement of civil society in the country during Afghanistan-related discussions. The second Doha meeting, convened on February 18th and 19th, witnessed the participation of special envoys from more than 25 countries and regional organizations for Afghanistan in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
The Taliban group abstained from attending this meeting reportedly due to the rejection of their terms. Alongside, four individuals representing Afghanistan civil society and women’s rights activists were present at the gathering. The Taliban had insisted that no individual or entity representing Afghanistan under their group’s control should attend this meeting, but the United Nations did not comply with this demand. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, remarked after the conclusion of the Doha meeting on Afghanistan that the Taliban’s non-participation did not undermine the significance of this assembly.
According to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Taliban had outlined conditions that resembled recognition of their regime. Nonetheless, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy to the Taliban’s acting prime minister, criticized the UN’s disregard for their demands as unjust.
