By Sadiq Amini
The first United Nations-led meeting of diplomatic representatives for Afghanistan — including from the United States, China and Russia — together with the Taliban was held in Doha in May. The initiative showed the U.N.'s renewed focus on addressing the crisis in the Taliban-controlled country.
The representatives convened again in Qatar on Feb. 18 and 19, hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres — though in this occasion, the Taliban boycotted the meeting, primarily because a small group of Afghan civil society representatives were also invited.
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