Oslo, Norway: Taliban and Western diplomats have started their first official talks in Europe because they took control of Afghanistan in August.
Closed meetings took place at a snow-covered hotel in the Norwegian capital.
Taliban representatives will be sure to reduce their requests that nearly $ 10 billion are frozen by the United States and other Western countries are released when Afghanistan faces a dangerous humanitarian situation.
“ We asked them to remove Afghan assets and did not punish ordinary Afghans because of political discourse, “said Taliban Delegation Shafiullah Azam on Sunday night.
“Because of hunger, because the deadly winter, I think it’s time for the international community to support Afghanistan, not punishing them because of their political disputes.
” Ahead of the conversation, Western diplomats met with Afghan women’s rights activists and human rights defenders to hear from civil society in Afghanistan and Afghan Diaspora about their demands and assessments on the current situation in the field.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the European Union, The A.S., England, France, Italy and Norwegian hosts.
Three-day talks opened on Sundays with direct meetings between the Taliban and representatives of civil society.
Statement with tweets overnight by Zabihullah Mujahid, Cultural Deputy and Information Afghanistan, after talking discussions that “ Meeting participants acknowledge that understanding and cooperation together is the only solution to all Afghanistan problems, ” and emphasize it “ all afghanistans Need to work together for better political, economic and security results in this country.
The United Nations has succeeded in providing several liquidity and allows the Taliban government to pay for imports, including electricity.
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It has warned that as many as 1 million Afghan children in hunger danger and most of the 38 million people in the country live below the poverty line.
Facing the demand for Taliban funds, Western forces tends to place women’s rights and girls in Afghanistan with their agenda, along with Western recurring requests for the Taliban government to share power with the ethnic group and religion of the Afghan minority.
Since sweeping in power in mid-August, the Taliban has imposed extensive restrictions, many of them are directed at women.
Women have been banned from many jobs outside the field of health and education, their access to education has been limited outside the sixth grade and they have been ordered to wear a headscarf.
However, the Taliban had stopped forcing Burqa, which was obliged when they previously ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Taliban further targets groups of Afghan rights, and journalists, hold and sometimes defeat the television crew which includes demonstrations.
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Delegation, led by representatives specifically for Afghanistan Tom West, plans to discuss “ forming a representative political system; responses to the urgent humanitarian and economic crisis; security and counterterrorism; And human rights, especially education for girls and women, “According to a statement released by the US State Department.
Scandinavian country, home to Nobel Peace Prize, is no stranger to diplomacy.
It has been involved in peaceful efforts in a number of countries, including Mozambique, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Colombia, the Philippines, Israel and Palestinian, Syria, Myanmar, Somalia, Sri Lanka and South Sudan.