Taliban foreign minister arrives in Samarkand as it hosts regional talks on Afghanistan

The Taliban foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has arrived in the Uzbek city of Samarkand as it is hosting the 4^th ministerial meeting between foreign ministers of the seven neighboring countries of Afghanistan plus Russia. Previously, it was reported that the Taliban was not invited to attend the meeting.

According to the Acting Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov, foreign ministers of Russia, China, and Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs have already arrived in Samarkand. “Glad to see Foreign Minister of Russia H.E. Sergey Lavrov (@mfa_russia) arrived in #Samarkand today,” Saidov said in a tweet on Thursday.