Vienna Meeting Doomed to Fail, Taliban Official Says In Veiled Remarks

Zakir Jalali, Taliban’s Foreign Ministry official, referred indirectly to the Vienna meeting, describing its participants as a "vagrant group" who "have no understanding of international politics" and are "relying on external intervention”.

In a note on X, Jalali emphasised that they are "doomed to fail”.

He added that this "aimless group no longer has any buyers in the political market, and no one is willing to bet on the hollow words of these burnt-out figures."

The fourth Vienna meeting, attended by dozens of leaders and politicians opposing the Taliban, has been held to discuss the future of Afghanistan.

Senior Taliban officials are yet to make explicit comments about this meeting.