Taliban administration and UN discuss Doha process in phone call

The Taliban administration said that Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the administration, held a phone call with Rosemary DiCarlo, the United Nations deputy secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs, to discuss bilateral cooperation and the Doha process.

According to the Taliban administration’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the call reviewed the overall state of cooperation between the administration and the United Nations, and the two sides exchanged views on ways to expand future cooperation.

The ministry said part of the call was also devoted to how the two sides would engage and cooperate in the future in relation to the Doha process.

The Doha process refers to a series of meetings and talks focused on Afghanistan and hosted by Qatar, in which the United Nations has also played a role in some parts.