United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said that the U.N. will consider recognizing the Taliban, as special envoys for Afghanistan sit for their first meeting with the U.N. Secretary-General in early May.
The envoys from various countries will meet with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on May 1 and 2 in Doha, Qatar, to work on a unified approach to dealing with the Taliban, Mohammed said on April 17.
“And out of that, we hope that we’ll find those baby steps to put us back on the pathway to recognition … of the Taliban, a principled recognition,” Mohammed said.
A U.N. spokesman said on April 19 that the meeting aims to “reinvigorate the international engagement around the common objectives for a durable way forward on the situation in Afghanistan.”…