Taliban opposition meeting in Islamabad; Women’s Resistance Front representative refuses to attend the meeting.
Reliable sources say that the meeting of Afghan political groups will finally be held in Islamabad on September 29 and 30 after several postponements.
One of the participants, who arrived in Islamabad on Sunday (September 28, 2025), confirmed this in an interview with the media.
The meeting is being held at the initiative of the “South Asia Strategic Stability Institute” and in cooperation with the “Women for Afghanistan” organization. Its aim is to strengthen trust between Afghan leaders and Pakistani counterparts, increase regional cooperation, and emphasize women’s participation in the future of Afghanistan.
The main topics will include reviewing the political situation in the country after the return of the Taliban, human rights violations, and increasing restrictions on women and girls.
However, reliable sources have confirmed that Zahra Kazmi, the head of the Women’s Committee of the Resistance Front, was unable to obtain a Pakistani visa due to problems with her travel documents and was unable to attend the Islamabad meeting.
She was supposed to attend the meeting on behalf of the Resistance Front, but her absence has created a significant void in the representation of women opposing the Taliban.
According to the sources, the meeting will be held in two parts: first, presenting the views and narratives of Afghan political, civil, and academic figures from different countries, and in the second part, speeches by Pakistani officials, including a high-ranking figure from the country’s Foreign Ministry, who will explain Islamabad’s official positions on the Afghan crisis and interaction with the Taliban.
