Afghanistan’s de facto authorities on Saturday announced that Kabul will not participate in the upcoming Doha meeting led by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In a statement, the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry said the reason for this decision was the UN’s failure to accept their conditions. The Taliban have asked the UN to be recognized “as the sole official representative of Afghanistan” and to pave the ground for holding “frank talks” between the Taliban delegation and the UN about all issues on a very senior level. The objective of the two-day meeting, where special envoys of …