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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arpan Rai and Archie Mitchell

Keir Starmer to snub Taliban as brutal Afghan regime flocks to global climate summit

Sir Keir Starmer will snub the Taliban as a group of officials from the brutal Afghan regime flock to the UN climate summit in in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku.

The prime minister will not meet with the group at the Cop29 conference, which started on Monday, in what will be its first appearance at the forum since its forceful takeover of Afghanistan.

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