Afghanistan: Taliban, Afghan Civil Society Leaders Meet in Norway

KABUL, 24 January 2022, (TON): Taliban delegates, led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Afghan civil society representatives held daylong discussions, focusing on the deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, in Oslo.

The participants “listened patiently to each other's opinions” and exchanged views on the current situation in the country, said a brief Taliban statement after the meeting in the Norwegian capital.

It said “a number of Afghan personalities attended the meeting with Muttaqi’s delegation but did not elaborate.”

the Taliban statement noted “they affirmed that Afghanistan is the shared home of all Afghans and stressed that all Afghans need to work together for the political, economic and security prosperity of the country.”

The talks marked the beginning of three days of closed-door meetings the Scandinavian country has arranged among the ruling Islamist group, Western government officials and Afghans from a range of fields within civil society.

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