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Top Stories Tamfitronics Global Affairs Canada today issued the following statement on the participation of David Sproule, Canada's Special Representative for Afghanistan, in the third meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan (Doha III) hosted by the United Nations in Doha, Qatar, from June 30 to July 1, 2024:"Canada is extremely disappointed that the UN organizers have excluded non-Taliban Afghan participants, including women's advocates, religious and ethnic minorities, and human rights groups from participating in the meeting's main sessions."Canada has clearly expressed for weeks-both privately and in concert with other governments-its grave disappointment about the absence of civil society from Doha III."The full, equal and meaningful participation of Afghan women in the Doha meeting process is not only a core tenet of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, but fundamental to the achievement of a peaceful,...