The United Nations announced that its humanitarian operations in Afghanistan will continue (UN News). Some eighteen million people, almost half of the country’s population, need humanitarian assistance, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. He called on UN member states to support ongoing humanitarian work in the country.
India: The government announced that it met with a Taliban leader (Hindu) in Qatar to discuss travel between Afghanistan and India and concerns that Afghanistan could become a launchpad for terrorist attacks against India. It was New Delhi’s first public acknowledgement of a meeting with the Taliban.
