Absent from the talks, however, was the American-backed Afghan government of President Ashraf Ghani, which has strongly criticised the meeting as an affront designed to undermine his office’s authority and the Afghan state. Where is their implementing power?” Ghani told the Afghan channel ToloNews on Tuesday, dismissing the talks. The organiser of the Moscow talks is ostensibly the Afghan diaspora in Russia, not the Russian government. Moscow allowed a 10-member delegation from the Taliban, still officially barred as terrorists, to enter Russia for the Moscow talks. Perhaps the most revealing part of his speech came when he described the Taliban’s view of a future role for Afghan women.

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2019 02:48 UTC