Afghan opposition airs disappointment over Japan-Taliban meet

A senior representative of a Taliban opposition group expressed disappointment Wednesday that a high-ranking Japanese foreign ministry official met a delegation from the hard-line Islamist organization during its first-known Japan visit since its 2021 takeover of Afghanistan.Abdullah Khenjani, head of political office for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, an armed group loyal to the previous government, told reporters in Vienna that he believes "the people of Afghanistan felt so disappointed" with the meeting in Tokyo.A former senior deputy minister for peace in the government o…READ FULL ARTICLE