Our participation in UN-led talks shows commitment to positive engagement: Taliban
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid.
The ruling Taliban administration in Afghanistan said on Sunday (June 30) that its participation in the United Nations (UN)-led meeting in Qatar's Doha showed Kabul's commitment to positive engagement. Addressing the meeting, Taliban spokespersonZabihullah Mujahid said the talks were a crucial opportunity to engage in constructive dialogue regarding the unilateral and multilateral sanctions imposed on some officials and Afghanistan's financial and banking sectors.
"This forum represents a positive step towards addressing these issues and providing reassurance to the Afghan people that the imposed restrictions on our nation will be alleviated in due course,” said Mujahid, who is leading the Taliban delegation at the talks, TOLO News reported.
'Policy differences among states are natural'
During the talks on Sunday, Mujahid accepted that some countries might have problems with some measures of the Taliban. "I think that policy differences amid states are natural, and it is the duty of experienced diplomats to find ways of interaction and understanding rather than confrontation.”
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He pointed out that the Islamic Emirate hadthe commitment and capacity to establish and maintain relations.
"Consequently, other nations, particularly Western countries, can remove the obstacles hindering the development of relations with the Afghan government. Like the regional countries, they can take genuine and practical steps toward positive engagement,” he added, TOLO News reported.
The Taliban spokesperson appreciated the countries that have provided humanitarianaid to Afghanistan.
The agenda of the UN-led talks
The agenda at the talks, the third of this kind, would include combating narcotics and economic issues in Afghanistan.Rights groups have condemned the exclusion of Afghan women from the main meetings and the lack of human rights issues on the agenda.
Taliban authorities werenot invited to the first talks in Doha last year and refused to attend the second conference, demanding that they be the sole Afghan representatives to the exclusion of invited civil society groups.
That condition was met for the third round of talks.
(With inputs from agencies)