OSLO: On their first visit to Europe since returning to power, the Taliban held landmark talks with Western diplomats in Oslo on Monday over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens more than half the population.
Jan Egeland (L), Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, and Taliban representatives (right side, L-R) Shafullah Azam, Mutiul Haq Nabi Kheel and Amir Khan Muttaqi attend a meeting between Norwegian humanitarian organizations and representatives from the Taliban at the Soria Moria hotel in Oslo, Norway, on January 25, 2022, the last day of the hardline Islamists' controversial first visit to Europe since returning to power in Afghanistan. A Taliban delegation led by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has been in Norway since Saturday, January 22, 2022 for talks focused on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. The country's humanitarian situation has rapidly deteriorated since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, when international aid came to a sudden halt and worsened the plight of millions of people suffering from hunger after several severe droughts. AFP PHOTO
OSLO: On their first visit to Europe since returning to power, the Taliban held landmark talks with Western diplomats in Oslo on Monday over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens more than half the population.