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  • The UN's special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, on Thursday highlighted the importance of including women at upcoming peace talks in Doha with the Taliban. "Human rights and women's rights are never negotiable," Lyons, who is Canadian, told the Security Council, adding that she expected a "rough road ahead" for the talks. "This issue of women's rights will be more central in the Afghan peace process than we have ever seen in any other peace negotiation in recent memory," she said. The government in Kabul said Thursday that it had freed 400 Taliban prisoners under an exchange deal with the militants and expected talks to begin soon in Qatar. Lyons welcomed the "energetic outreach and substantive preparations" of the women on the Afghan government's negotiating team. "We are not yet aware of any women's representation on the Taliban side, but we remain hopeful that they, too, will find a way of meaningfully including women," she told the council. For Lyons, having women at the negotiating table "offers the best opportunity to ensure that their own rights are upheld, and that their vision for elements of a peaceful Afghanistan is reflected in all aspects of the talks." Five Afghan women who endured the Taliban's oppressive rule are on Kabul's negotiating team. Washington's ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, warned that "no current nor future Afghan government should count on international donor support" if the rights of women and girls are repressed in any way. Intra-Afghan peace negotiations were initially supposed to begin in March as agreed in a deal between the Taliban and Washington in February, from which Kabul had been excluded. But repeated squabbles over the prisoner exchange delayed the start of talks, aimed at bringing an end to nearly 19 years of war. prh/sst/dw
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  • UN says women need strong voice at Afghan peace talks
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