Feb 13, 2022: According to a report by AFP, a Taliban delegation arrived in Doha Sunday in a new bid to convince governments to provide humanitarian aid, six months after the Taliban toppled Afghanistan’s Western-backed regime, officials said.

The Taliban’s foreign ministry said on Twitter that the delegation, led by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, would meet with an EU delegation, Gulf diplomatic missions and officials in Doha. His arrival in Doha has been confirmed by international sources, including a spokesman for the British government, and the visit comes at a time when Afghanistan’s aid-laden economy is sinking deeper into an unprecedented crisis.

The latest attempt to unlock aid comes after meetings between the Taliban and government representatives in Oslo late last month.

A British government spokesperson commented to AFP saying, “UK officials continue to engage in pragmatic dialogue with the Taliban to fulfil our commitment to help and support the Afghan people.”

The Taliban government has not yet been formally recognized by any country, and the United Nations says half of Afghanistan’s 38 million people suffer from malnutrition. But while Mottaqi told AFP in an interview earlier this month that the Taliban was moving closer to international recognition, his delegation is expected to be more focused on human rights and, in particular, women’s rights in Afghanistan.

Last week, the Taliban officials also met with aid groups and charities in Geneva in a bid to secure aid.

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