Not a joke: World leaders are still urging the Taliban to be "inclusive," apparently in the hopes that if they say it enough times it'll actually happen
· Dec 10, 2021 · NottheBee.com

This is...this is still going on:

The U.N. political chief ended a three-day visit to Afghanistan on Thursday saying she had "frank and useful" discussions with a wide range of people, including senior Taliban officials "about what needs to be done to bring about an Afghanistan that is inclusive, abides by its human rights obligations and is a resolute partner in suppressing terrorism.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that during her discussions with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi and senior Taliban representative Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, Rosemary DiCarlo "emphasized the paramount importance of ensuring that all Afghans — men, women, youth and religious and ethnic groups and minorities, as well — can all take part in governance and public life."

Yep, they're still begging—still pleading with the Taliban to include in its power structure anyone other than theocratic men.

Meanwhile, in reality:

Afghanistan's women MPs fled for their lives when the Taliban took power - with only nine of 69 women MPs remaining, in hiding, in the country.

Now scattered across the globe, many want to continue fighting for women's rights and aim to set up an Afghan "women's parliament in exile".

So much inclusion it can hardly be quantified!

Keep up the begging, world, maybe it'll start to work! LOL!

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