What to expect as Taliban joins third UN-held talks on Afghanistan in Qatar

Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province [File: Wakil Kohsar/AFP]

Delegations from Afghanistan and about 30 other countries have arrived in Doha to start a third round of United Nations-sponsored talks on integrating the South Asian country into the international community.

This is the first time the Taliban will be present at these talks.