All-Afghan talks: Kabul asks Doha to facilitate media reps

KABUL.

Najia Anwari, spokesperson for the Peace Ministry, said they had arranged a list of media outlet representatives to participate and cover the first round of intra-Afghan talks in Qatar.

She said media representatives had been tested for coronavirus and their information shared with the Qatari government as well, but a clear message could not be received from Doha in this regard.

“We hope that the Qatari government would facilitate media persons’ presence for coverage of intra-Afghan talks,” she said.

But Qudratulah Javed, an official of the Government Media Office, said that during a meeting between media representatives and government delegation for talks, it was decided that 15 media outlets’ representatives would be picked for the coverage of intra-Afghan talks and the media outlets would pay for their expenses.

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