<span style="color: #222222;">Russia today said it will host international talks on Afghanistan on the 9th of November, with representatives of both the Afghan government and the Taliban. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Russia's Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said it will be the first time that a delegation of the Political Office of the Taliban in Doha will take part in talks at such a level. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Moscow said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the Taliban have agreed to send delegations to the conference. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It added that Moscow had also invited representatives from the US as well as India, Iran, China, Pakistan and five former Soviet republics in Central Asia to take part.</span><br />''