Taliban defy West at U.N. talks while China, Russia eye closer ties

NEW DELHI -- As the Taliban continue to bump heads with the West over the treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan, China and Russia are softening their stance against the regime.

For the first time, a Taliban delegation attended a United Nations-sponsored gathering on the Afghan crisis. Others at the two-day meeting held through Monday in Doha, Qatar, included Rosemary DiCarlo, the U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, as well as envoys from the U.S., Europe and Japan.