The Taliban government has entered its first talks with the United Nations, donors and non-governmental organizations over the impact of climate change in Afghanistan, organizers said Wednesday.
\nAfter four decades of war, Afghanistan ranks as one of the countries least prepared to face the effects of climate change, which is spurring extreme weather and warping natural environments.
\nForeign aid to Afghanistan has dwindled since the Taliban takeover in 2021, with donors wary of backing a government considered a pariah, leaving poor and climate-vulnerable communities further exposed.
\nThe Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC) co-hosted three days of talks ending Tuesday, country director Terje Watterdal told reporters at a news conference in Kabul.
\nHe said it was the first time Taliban officials \u201cjoined a parallel session, face-to-face and online, with a broad range of their counterparts in the West since the change of government in August 2021.\u201d
\nThe talks included universities, diplomats, UN agencies, donors and grassroots members of Afghan society.
\nAll sides agreed that \u201cboth individual and collective action is required both inside and outside of Afghanistan,\u201d Watterdal said.
\nInternational opinion has been starkly split over how to deal with the Taliban authorities that have enforced an austere vision of Islamic rule in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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