Taliban, China, Russia Foreign Ministers attend huddle on Afghanistan

Top diplomats from Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan attend a conference on regional security with the situation in Afghanistan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, April 13, 2023. [VOA]

Uzbekistan hosted a conference Thursday of foreign ministers of regional countries, including Russia and China, to review the situation and cooperation with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

The meeting in the Uzbek city of Samarkand came as the United Nations reviews its presence in the strife-torn South Asian nation after the radical Taliban barred female staff from working for the world body, the latest in a series of curbs placed on Afghan women.