US envoy on Afghanistan will meet with his Chinese, Russian, and Pakistani counterparts in China to discuss humanitarian and economic crises in Afghanistan, officials say
Afghanistan is suffering an economic and humanitarian crisis worsened by a financial aid cut off following the Taliban takeover as US-led troops departed in August.
The United States understands that China has invited Taliban representatives to the talks in Tunxi, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday. Chinese special envoy for Afghanistan Yue Xiaoyong will host the meeting, said Wang Wenbin, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson.The talks come against the backdrop of Russia's attack on Ukraine and Afghanistan suffering an economic and humanitarian crisis worsened by a financial aid cut off following the Taliban takeover as US-led troops departed in August.
The retention of the ban prompted US officials to cancel talks in Doha with the Taliban and a State Department warning that Washington saw the decision as "a potential turning point in our engagement" with the militants.
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