OIC, UK Special Envoys Call For 'Enhanced Engagement With Taliban'

Tarig Ali Bakheet, the Special Representative of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Afghanistan discussed Afghanistan in a meeting with his British counterpart.

In order to address the economic, humanitarian and human rights challenges in Afghanistan, there is an "urgent need to increase the level of engagement with the Taliban", they said.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said in a statement that the OIC's Special Representative met with British Special Representative for Afghanistan Andy McCoubrey on Monday at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah.

The two officials discussed the situation in Afghanistan and key issues at the last Doha meeting.

The third Doha meeting, which was held on June 30 and July 1 of this year, was attended by representatives of international community, as well as a delegation from the Taliban group in Qatar, and discussed supporting the private sector and more cooperation of the world to fight drugs in Afghanistan.

Representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the United Kingdom called for increased engagement with the Taliban to resolve economic and humanitarian problems in Afghanistan.