The United Nations-led Doha III meeting, set to begin on Sunday, June 30, at The Ritz-Carlton in Doha, Qatar, from 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm, has sparked significant controversy due to the exclusion of women and girls. The meeting, which will focus on international and Taliban concerns, has been criticized by human rights defenders and Afghan activists. Naseer Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistanโs permanent envoy to the U.N. in Geneva, accused the U.N. and other hosts of capitulating to the Taliban's conditions. Taliban authorities have stated that women's rights are internal issues for Afghanistan to solve. The meeting has also led to protests by Afghan women and human rights activists in Pakistan. Special envoys from approximately 30 countries and institutions, including Iranโs special envoy Hassan Kazemi Qomi, are expected to participate. UN Deputy Chief Rosemary DiCarlo expressed satisfaction with the Taliban's participation. The exclusion of women from the meeting has been condemned by various groups, including Harakat-e Mili Sulh wa Adalat, and U.S. Special Envoy Rina Amiri has emphasized the need for inclusive decision-making forums.
"The meeting represents an effort by the international community 'to normalize the Taliban. I ask all those who believe in freedom and humanity to boycott this meeting, because this meeting is neither for the benefit of the Afghan people nor for the benefit of Afghan women.'โโฆ
Taliban regime delegation led by Taliban spox Zabihullah Mujahid met with the Indian Special Representative in Doha, Qatar: Zabihullah Mujahid says that he discussed the strengthening of relations between the two countries in a meeting with India's special representative forโฆ https://t.co/0MlbT6yHKp
Rina Amiri, the U.S. Special Envoy for Human Rights in Afghanistan, stated that she met with various Afghan human rights and womenโs rights activists who underscored the necessity of including the โfull diversity of Afghans,โ particularly women, in future decision-making forumsโฆ https://t.co/apitjzGPS6
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#Doha | Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan Amb Asif Durrani engaged with US, China, Russia, and EU counterparts at the sidelines of the Doha-III meeting, which commenced this evening. https://t.co/wXTb2fmD0K
Harakat-e Mili Sulh wa Adalat, a peace movement, has condemned the exclusion of women and civil society members from the Doha meeting, asserting that the move contradicts United Nations resolutions. https://t.co/lqaIEwTHj7 https://t.co/t2wyPZDrrH
Dozens of Afghan female protesters living in exile in Pakistan condemned the third round of the Doha meeting on Afghanistan, calling it a โworldโs compromising deal with terrorists.โ The protesters announced their boycott of the meeting. https://t.co/G58bUo6k5i https://t.co/IWV0c8D0LZ
UN Deputy Chief Rosemary DiCarlo, who is leading the Doha meeting on Afghanistan, expressed that she is "very pleased" to have the Taliban participating in the meeting. https://t.co/uTN6IIjHpa
๐๐ผ๐ต๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ) ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป: Zakir Jalali, a political director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced that the official opening of the third Doha meeting starts today, June 30, at 6:45 pm local time and will conclude at 8:45 pm. He added that theโฆ https://t.co/UIqhi6DqJ2 https://t.co/RqpDxK0Wqe
Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan, on Sunday said he is attending the Doha meeting with the hope that it would contribute to the establishment of an "inclusive government" in Afghanistan. https://t.co/MlZedQnAYd
๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐จ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป A group of #Afghan human rights activists held a protest in #Quetta, Pakistan, expressing their strong opposition to what they perceive as theโฆ https://t.co/zhMbDPhA0G
Small Afghan women-led protest in Pakistan against the UN's engagement with the Taliban. https://t.co/EBnYxIicNx
Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women's rights were "Afghanistan's issues" to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. https://t.co/m3sNUFUWti
Former deputy head of UNAMA for political Affairs Markus Potzel, arrives in Doha to attend meeting on Afghanistan. The meeting of the special envoys convened by the UN is due to be held on Sunday. https://t.co/cisJNRV5ub
Naseer Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistanโs permanent envoy to the U.N. in Geneva, has criticized the U.N. and other hosts for allegedly capitulating to the Talibanโs conditions on protocol, agenda, and participants for the upcoming Doha meeting. https://t.co/KlG66c2vOx https://t.co/To4pTQKC0F
The third round of the Doha meeting will be held at The Ritz-Carlton in Qatarโs capital, Doha, on Sunday. Special envoys from approximately 30 countries and institutions are expected to participate. However, the meeting has sparked strong criticism from human rights defendersโฆ https://t.co/rHkQC4JOBo
๐๐ผ๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐, ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ As expected, the Doha III meeting aims to address only issues concerning the international communityโฆ https://t.co/iqcuGzRNpp
The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has expressed grave concerns over the exclusion of women and girls from the upcoming third round of the Doha meeting, set to begin on Sunday. https://t.co/tFVL5LOaGM https://t.co/se21ow3Bcd