Qatar envoy backs continued efforts to expand Taliban ties with world

Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the Taliban administration, and Mardouf Al Qashouti, Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan, discussed bilateral relations and Doha’s efforts to facilitate the Taliban administration’s engagement with the international community.

The meeting was held on Tuesday, 21 Mehr, in Kabul. In a statement, the Taliban administration’s foreign ministry said the two sides also exchanged views on the state of relations between the Taliban administration and Qatar.

According to the ministry, Muttaqi described the Taliban administration’s ties with the international community as expanding and thanked Qatar for its efforts in this regard, according to the statement.

The Qatari ambassador also stressed his country’s commitment to continue efforts to strengthen the Taliban administration’s relations with the international community and described the progress made in this area as encouraging.