Taliban officials will meet Western officials in Norway. READ | 'Just give us our money': Taliban government pushes to unlock Afghan billions abroadThe Taliban delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqqi. RecognitionThe Taliban hope the talks will help "transform the atmosphere of war... into a peaceful situation", government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP on Saturday. A former UN representative to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, told AFP: "We can't keep distributing aid circumventing the Taliban." She told AFP she feared the talks would "normalise the Taliban and... strengthen them, while there is no way that they'll change".

Source: News 24 January 23, 2022 14:08 UTC