The upcoming talks will address financial, economic, and counternarcotics issues, with plans to consult civil society groups before and after the event.
Taliban authorities will attend the third round of United Nations-hosted talks on Afghanistan in the Qatari capital, a government spokesman has said, after snubbing an invitation to the previous round.
The Taliban government's participation in the conference of foreign special envoys to Afghanistan had been in doubt after it was not included in the first round and then refused an invitation to the second round in February.Mujahid told Afghan media that a delegation - yet to be announced - would attend because the agenda of the talks appeared"beneficial to Afghanistan".
Civil society groups that included women were invited to the February talks but the Taliban government refused to participate unless its members could be the sole representatives of Afghanistan.
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