{"id":16677,"date":"2026-07-05T10:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/05\/taliban-qatar-discuss-afghanistan-developments-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T10:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:45:17","slug":"taliban-qatar-discuss-afghanistan-developments-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/05\/taliban-qatar-discuss-afghanistan-developments-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy PM of Taliban Meets Qatar\u2019s Ambassador to Discuss Afghanistan Developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abdulsalam Hanafi, the administrative deputy prime minister of the Taliban administration, met with Mirdaf bin Ali Al Qashouti, Qatar\u2019s ambassador in Kabul, to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan and ways to assist the Afghan people.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from the Qatari embassy, the two sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan and how to continue cooperation to support Afghan citizens. No specific details about the discussion topics or practical outcomes of the talks have been released.<\/p>\n<p>The Qatari embassy in Kabul provided only a general reference to the meeting without giving further information. The Taliban administration has also not issued a separate explanation regarding the details, possible commitments, or specific cooperation plans.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Qatar has played a mediating role in Afghanistan\u2019s political developments and hosted important negotiations related to the country. However, the lack of transparency concerning the results of official meetings has been a recurring question among citizens and observers regarding the nature of the Taliban administration\u2019s foreign engagements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban&#8217;s Deputy PM Abdulsalam Hanafi met Qatar\u2019s ambassador to discuss Afghanistan\u2019s situation and cooperation for aid, with limited details revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}