A meeting in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar between the Qatari Prime Minister and Haibatullah Akhunzada is the first the Taliban chief is known to have held with a foreign leader.
The UN held an "urgent debate" in July to discuss human rights concerns in Afghanistan, including the erosion of women's rights, since the Taliban took over last year.
Brave, empathetic against the pain in the world, yet professional about his and his family's safety this is how Danish Siddiqui's father remembered him, the day he won his second Pulitzer prize.