Details: The talks offer a window into any future peace deal. The Taliban, who barred women from public life during their time in power, said they now respected women’s rights to education and work — a claim met with skepticism in Afghanistan. One former lawmaker urged a gradual withdrawal of foreign troops.

In Afghanistan: None of the talks have included representatives of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani criticized the Moscow meeting as an attempt to undermine the authority of the Afghan state, though Afghanistan’s political elite is beginning to rally around the peace effort.

Here’s what else is happening

Venezuela: Opposition leaders said they planned to deliver food and medicine donations to ease the country’s shortages, a move likely to weaken the authority of President Nicolás Maduro. Some relief organizations fear that the plan could turn aid into a political weapon.

Paris: At least 10 people were killed and 37 injured when a fire tore through an eight-story building — the deadliest blaze in the French capital in over a decade. The fire appeared to be tied to a neighborhood dispute, and the authorities are treating it as possible arson.

#MeToo: An antinuclear activist has accused Oscar Arias Sánchez, the former president of Costa Rica and one of Latin America’s most revered statesmen, of sexually assaulting her four years ago. He denies the allegation.