This would be the first visit to the West by Taliban officials.
Norway to receive Taliban delegation from Afghanistan next week, says Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK.
“We need to talk to the people who are practically running the country now,” said the Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt.
At issue would be the first official visit by Taliban representatives to the West. An extremist Islamic organization returned to power last August. No outside power has not recognized The current regime in Afghanistan.
A group of Norwegian diplomats has been in the Afghan capital, Kabul, preparing for a Taliban visit, NRK says.
About Afghanistan, with a population of 40 million, is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe as international aid has stalled with the rise of the Taliban.
“This does not mean legitimizing or recognizing the Taliban,” Foreign Minister Huitfeldt told NRK. “We cannot allow the political situation to lead to an even worse humanitarian catastrophe.”
The composition of the Taliban delegation to Norway has not been made public.
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