A meeting under the title of “Afghanistan in the past and future” with the participation of Islamic Emirate opponents and envoys of various countries was held on Thursday in Moscow.

The participants included former officials of the Afghan government and some other Afghan elites—who oppose the Islamic Emirate’s government, and envoys from Iran, Russia and some other countries.

They discussed the formation of an inclusive government, the situation of women, and the UN activities in Afghanistan.

“I emphasize that I am not taking sides with any power and military element. We want an Afghanistan with national consensus and stability with having the friendship policy towards the neighbors, region and world and have no enmity with anyone,” said Ahmad Masoud, leader of the so called Resistance Front.

The envoy of Iran talked about the Islamic Emirate’s fight against Daesh and other groups in Afghanistan.

“The Taliban’s fighting against the terrorist groups of Daesh Khorasan and the security cooperation between Afghanistan and the neighbors regarding fighting Daesh has been very valuable, as a result, some leaders of this group have been eliminated,” said an envoy from Iran in the meeting.

“Any meeting regarding the situation of Afghanistan could be beneficial. If we want Afghanistan's issue to be solved completely, the Doha agreement could be a framework for it under the monitoring of the UN,” said Sayed Muqdam Ameen, political analyst.

The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that Kabul was not invited to the meeting, stressing that such meetings will not benefit Afghanistan.

He also urged the neighboring countries to not “create sedition among Afghans.”

“Some of the countries unfortunately want to revive the burned-out circles and create sedition. This is not a good step, we have made our objection to Russia. They should not interfere in other country’s affairs,” he said.

The meeting was held for one-day by a Russian justice institute.