The date for the fifth foreign ministers’ meeting has not yet been announced…reports Asian Lite News
China has invited the Taliban-led Afghanistan Government to participate in the fifth meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries, Afghan media reported, citing the foreign ministry.
At a Monday meeting, Chinese Special Representative for Afghanistan Yue Xiaoyong told Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that China views the bilateral relationship as positive, the Tolo News broadcaster reported.
“He [Yue] stated that his country respects the values and choices of the Afghan people. He also emphasized that the acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan should attend the Foreign Ministers’ meeting of neighbour countries,” Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal was quoted as saying.
The date for the fifth foreign ministers’ meeting has not yet been announced. In the fourth meeting held in Samarkand in April 2023, Kabul was represented by the acting Afghan foreign minister.
The Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, toppling the US-backed Government as US and NATO troops were withdrawing from the country after almost 20 years of military presence there. Numerous countries and international organizations responded to the militant takeover by cutting ties with Kabul.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has published its quarterly report on the situation in Afghanistan, covering incidents from July to September, as reported by Tolo News.
As per Tolo News, the UN Report addressed various topics, including the law of the Vice and Virtue Ministry, women’s and girls’ rights, civilian casualties, border incidents, freedom of expression, corporal punishment, and judicial actions.
A section of the report also discussed the anti-security incidents in the country.
According to this part, four security incidents occurred in Kabul, Nangarhar, and Ghor during this period, resulting in 28 civilian deaths and injuring 50 others. Additionally, the report notes that six people were killed and ten injured in three border skirmishes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Tolo News noted.
The report mentioned the incident on September 2 in Kabul, when a suicide attack occurred outside the de facto High Directorate of Supervision and Prosecution of Decrees and Orders, killing at least seven civilians and wounding more than 29 others.
Another section of the report highlights that new restrictions have been imposed on women by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue.
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