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UN chief says international community worried about stability of Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deliver remarks to reporters outside the U.N. Security Council at U.N., headquarters in New York City, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

The international community is worried about the stability of Afghanistan, the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement on Tuesday.

The warning, citing issues including "terrorism", a lack of inclusivity including of women and girls and the spread of drug trafficking, followed a meeting the United Nations convened on Afghanistan in Doha.

Guterres said the situation in Afghanistan was the largest humanitarian crisis in the world today and that he would meet the Taliban when it was the "right moment to do so but today is not the right moment".

(Reporting by Andrew Mills; Writing by Jana Choukeir; Editing by Alison Williams)

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