The 8th Session of the Afghanistan Future Thought Forum (AFTF) got underway in Istanbul on Tuesday and aims to tackle a number of issues including the findings of the recent independent assessment commissioned by the United Nations.The three-day forum is being jointly hosted by Turkey&s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation.According to Sultan Barakat, Director of Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, a number of key figures are attending including Oğuzhan Ertuğrul, Turkey&s director general for South Asia and the UN&s special coordinator for Afghanistan Feridun Sinirlioğlu, among others.

Sinirlioğlu presented the findings of his recent independent assessment of Afghanistan at the meeting.

Barakat said in a post on X, that the participants were also expected to discuss three other key areas, including recent responses to natural disasters; the forced return of Afghans from Pakistan and Iran; and the impact the conditions of women are having on health issues in the country.Sinirlioglu&s independent assessment of the situation in Afghanistan was also presented to the Security Council by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in early November.Sinirlioğlu&s report proposed ways for the IEA to come out of international isolation.

He recommended that a national dialogue should be held to form an inclusive government.The post Three-day ‘Afghanistan Future Thought Forum& underway in Turkey first appeared on Ariana News.