According to the list of participants announced by the U.N. on 27 November 2001, the participants from the four Afghan groups are as follows:

(1) Northern Alliance (participating as the United Front): 26 (including two women) Yunus Qanooni, Interior Minister, etc. Mr Yunus Qanooni Mr Haji Abdul Qadir Mr Abas Karimi Mr Aref Noorzay Mr Hussain Anwari Mr Mustafa Kasimi Mr Mohammad Natiqi Mr Hashim Fahimi Ms Amena Afzali Mr Abdullah Khan Mr H Mirwais Alternates Mr S A Haqbin Mr Faisal Karim Aimaq Mr Amanullah Jaihoon Mr Zalmai Haquani Mr Ahmad Wali Massoud Mr Amami Advisers Mr G M Jawad Mr A B Roshad Mr Kamaludin Nabizada Mr Rahim Karimi Mr Hamidullah Naser Zia Mr Zaher Shah Madame Balkhi Mr Hamayoon Tander Mr Abdul Hakim

(2) Rome Group: 19 (two women) A group centered around the Former King of Afghanistan Mohammed Zahir Shah Professor Abdul Sattar Sirat (adviser to the former King), etc. Professor Abdul Sattar Sirat Mr Azizullah Wasefi Mr Hedayat Amin Arsala Professor Mohammad Ishaq Nadiri Mrs Sima Wali Dr Zalmai Rassoul Mrs Rona Mansuri Dr Mohammad Amin Farhang Mr Mostapha Zaher General Abdul Rahim Wardak Mr Pacha Khan Zadran Advisers Professor Mohammad Kacem Fazelly Dr Abdul Rahman Dr Gularn Mohammad Yailaqi Dr Said Makhdourn Raheen Dr Abdul Khaleq Fazel Mr Hamid Sidiq Mr Daoud Yakub Mr Ishaq Shahryar

(3) Cyprus Group: 10 (one woman) Overseas Afghans keeping a distance from the former King. Apparently backed by Iran. Houmayoun Jareer (Son-in-law of former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar), etc. Mr Houmayoun Jareer Dr Mohammad Jalil Shams Dr Azizullah Ludin Alternates Dr Abdul Qadir Amiryar Mr Sayed Ishaq Gailani Advisers Mrs Seddiqa Balkhi Mr Abdul Haq Shafaq Mr Ehsanulla Mayar Dr Abdul Basir Mr Najibi

(4) Peshawar Group: 7 (one woman) Consists mainly of ethnic Pashtuns close to the former king. Sayed Hamed Gailani (Son of Gailani, the representative of the United Afghan Front), etc. Mr Sayed Hamed Gailani Dr Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi Mr Hafizullah Asif Mohseni Alternates Mr Rahmatullah Muse Ghazi Mr Haji Ataullah Alkozai Advisers Ms Fatima Gailani Mr Abdul Karim Khuram.

In addition, from the United Nations, 11 representatives were present, including Special Representative Brahimi, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Francesco Vendrell (head of the United Nations Special Missions to Afghanistan (UNSMA)), Spokesman Fauzi, Counselor Hiroshi Takahashi (adviser), and Counselor Kiyotaka Kawabata.