Taliban to hold meeting in Norway next week

21/1/2022 18:15

        A Taliban delegation will travel to Norway for talks with the Norwegian government, meeting with representatives of the Norwegian authorities and several allied countries but also with civil society activists and human rights defenders from Afghanistan.
        
        The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said Friday that it has invited representatives of the Taliban to Oslo from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25. The statement didn't say which other countries would take part in the meeting.
        
        Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said that "we are extremely concerned about the serious situation in Afghanistan."
        
        She said there is "a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe for millions of people" in the country.
        
        She stressed that the meeting was "not a legitimation or recognition of the Taliban. But we must talk to those who in practice govern the country today."