Qatari FM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visits Kabul for talks with Afghanistan’s new PM, the highest-level foreign visit since the Taliban takeover
Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman called upon the country's new rulers to"involve all Afghan parties in national reconciliation".
Qatar is considered one of the countries with the most influence over the Taliban and played a pivotal role in the massive US-led airlift of its own citizens, other Western nationals and Afghans who helped Western countries. Sheikh Mohammed met the prime minister and a number of other senior ministers, a Taliban spokesperson said.
The Taliban said the leadership of the Islamic Emirate, the term used by the group to describe the new order in Afghanistan, thanked the Qatar government for supporting the Afghan people. Meanwhile, US-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel held in an Uzbek camp for about a month began leaving the country on Sunday, under a US deal that came despite Taliban demands for the return of the Afghans and their aircraft, according to Reuters.
Current and former US officials have told Reuters that the Taliban pressured Uzbekistan to hand over the aircraft and personnel.
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