Taliban not invited to UN Doha meeting on Afghanistan, says UN

FILE PHOTO: U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) at the U.S. State Department in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not invited the Taliban administration to a meeting that he is convening with special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries in Doha next week, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday.

"The Secretary-General has not extended an invitation to the de facto authorities," said U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.