The first publicly known meeting between the Taliban's leader and a foreign official was held in Afghanistan last month. 9News
met in Afghanistan with Qatar's prime minister last month, the first-such publicly known meeting between the Taliban's reclusive leader and a foreign official, reports say.
The state-owned broadcaster did not specifically discuss what the two officials spoke about, though it described the meeting as aimed at ways to end the Taliban's international isolation.Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhunzada, left, met Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani for talks in Afghanistan in May reports say.
In the time since, Afghanistan has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, depriving them of virtually all their basic rights, according to the UN. Hunger remains endemic.The rights of women and minorities in Afghanistan have been curtailed since the Taliban came to power in 2021.
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