INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The second two-day meeting convened by the UN on Afghanistan got underway on Sunday in Qatar, in the absence of Islamic Emirate
representation.Hosted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, special representatives for Afghanistan of at least 20 countries came
together in Doha, Qatar, and were expected to discuss a number of issues behind closed doors.Discussions were also expected to take place
about the appointment of a new UN special representative for Afghanistan; the review of the report of Feridon Sinirlioglu, the special
coordinator of the UN; and human rights issues, especially women&s rights.Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran&s ambassador and special representative
for Afghanistan, who attended Sunday&s meeting, expressed hope that the Doha meeting could solve Afghanistan&s problems.A number of Afghan
women&s rights activists and representatives of the country&s civil society are also attending this meeting.However, the Islamic Emirate has
not sent a delegation.IEA&s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says they requested the UN hold a high level meeting that includes acting Foreign
Minister of Afghanistan as the main interlocutor on behalf of Afghanistan.According to Mujahid, they had proposed the issue of engagement
and other important issues for discussion at the meeting but these requests were not met.Because of this, the IEA decided not to attend the
Doha meeting.Mujahid added that they have no expectations from this meeting.The post Second Doha meeting on Afghanistan underway, without
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