Third Doha meeting on Afghanistan gets underway in Qatar

The UN-led meeting on Afghanistan got underway early Sunday, bringing together special envoys of numerous countries, along with United Nations representatives and a delegation from the Islamic Emirate.

The two-day meeting will address the banking and financial situation as well as the fight against drugs in Afghanistan.

Chairing the meeting on behalf of the UN Secretary General, Rosemary DiCarlo, the under-secretary general, said Sunday she is pleased that the Islamic Emirate sent a delegation to attend the meeting.

DiCarlo said: “I am happy that we have the relevant delegations with us in this meeting, we have the governing authorities with us for the first time.”

While delegates will discuss the situation in Afghanistan over these two days, the issue of women’s education and work has also attracted the attention of the media.

“True facts are not reflected from Kabul. Even now, if you go to Kabul, you will see that girls are studying in dar-ul-ulum (religious school),” said Suhail Shaheen, head of the political office of the Islamic Emirate in Qatar.

At the same time, on the sidelines of this meeting, Zabihullah Mujahid, the head of the delegation of the Islamic Emirate, met with the representatives of Russia, Uzbekistan and India, and these countries expressed their support for the position of the Islamic Emirate.

“In these meetings, the expansion of relations between Afghanistan and these countries has been discussed.

Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), also considered this meeting valuable due to the presence of the delegation of the Islamic Emirate as a responsible government and said that such meetings are a good opportunity to interact with the world,” he said.

Suhail Shaheen, head of the political office of the Islamic Emirate in Qatar, told Ariana News that the expectation of the Islamic Emirate from the third meeting in Doha is that the world should understand the realities of Afghanistan and abandon the policy of pressure and confrontation.

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