UN announces date for next Doha meeting: June 30 and July 1

The United Nations said on Tuesday the next Doha meeting of Special Envoys for Afghanistan has been set for June 30 and July 1.

The spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, said at a briefing on Tuesday that civil society activists will also attend the Doha meeting.

He said DiCarlo had discussed with her interlocutors the various challenges that Afghanistan is facing.

Among other topics, she discussed the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, particularly the restrictions on the education of women.

DiCarlo was on a four-day visit to Afghanistan – from 18 to 21 May – and met with IEA authorities, the diplomatic community in Kabul and representatives of civil society as well as former politicians.

Dujarric said DiCarlo had extended to the Islamic Emirate’s  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, an advance invitation from the UN Secretary-General to participate at the upcoming meeting of Special Envoys.

The UN says the goal of the 3rd Doha meeting is to increase international interaction with the Islamic Emirate in a “coherent and structured” manner.

During her visit to Kabul, DiCarlo met with a number of people and officials, including former president Hamid Karzai.

In his meeting with DiCarlo, Karzai urged the IEA to attend the upcoming Doha meeting.

In his meeting with DiCarlo, the Deputy Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir said the Islamic Emirate will participate in the third Doha meeting if its “position” is accepted.

He said that Afghanistan is under the complete control of the Islamic Emirate, that the country “has an Emir” and the government is “obeyed”.

According to a statement issued by Kabir’s office, the deputy prime minister told DiCarlo: “The previous meeting in Doha was incomplete due to some shortcomings of its organizers, and the position of the Islamic Emirate should be accepted in the next meeting so that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate in it.”

The Islamic Emirate has repeatedly called on the United Nations and other countries to recognize them as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

Kabir said that the Islamic Emirate has fulfilled all its obligations and “rules over the entire geography of Afghanistan… There is a central government in all of Afghanistan that has an emir and is obeyed.”