KABUL: Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation to peace talks in Qatar this month, the movement’s main spokesperson said on Monday, ahead of the latest round of meetings aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan. “There will be women among Taliban delegation members in the Doha, Qatar meeting,” Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s main spokesperson, said by telephone. However, Taliban spokespersons say the group has changed and it encourages girls’ education and other women’s rights within an Islamic system. “Only women can feel the pain and miseries that Afghan women have suffered. Future international support for Afghanistan could be affected by whether women’s rights were properly respected in any settlement, she said.

Source: Pakistan Today April 15, 2019 21:00 UTC