Taliban absent from UN meeting, creating a gap between international community concerned about women's oppression. Two-day conference, which will be held from the 18th in Doha, the capital of Qatar, with the aim of improving the human rights situation in Afghanistan.
For the first time, representatives of the government were also invited. Taliban appears to be objecting to the fact that Afghan citizens, including women's groups, were invited to the meeting, and that the appointment of a UN special envoy for Afghanistan is being considered.