UN Conference on Afghanistan Begins Without Taliban

FILE - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers an address after a closed-door meeting on Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar, May 2, 2023. A similar meeting, but without representatives of the Taliban, Afghanistan's de facto rulers, started in Doha Feb. 18, 2024.

A two-day United Nations-led conference on the way forward in Afghanistan started in Qatar’s capital Doha, Sunday, without the Taliban, the de facto rulers, in attendance.