QATAR PM ABDUL RAHMAN AL-THANI MEETS SENIOR TALIBAN OFFICIALS IN KANDAHAR

Sat 13 May 2023:

The Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani met Taliban officials in the Afghan city of Kandahar, in the south of the country on Friday.

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted pictures on social media on Friday of a visit by a high-ranking Qatari delegation.

جریان ملاقات با هیئت کشور قطر که امروز عازم افغانستان گردیده بود و با رئیس الوزراء و مسئولین دیگر امارت اسلامی ملاقات نمود.

له قطری پلاوی سره د ملاقات جریان چې نن ورځ افغانستان ته راغلی وو او د اسلامي امارت له رئیس الوزراء او نورو مسئولینو سره یې وکتل. pic.twitter.com/GGXpTR9xqB

— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) May 12, 2023

و اخلاص آنها قدردانی شد، و به همکاری های بیشتر کشور قطر با مردم افغانستان تاکید صورت گرفت.
در ضمن از پیام پر مهر امیر کشور قطر قدردانی شد و آن کشور تشویق شد که در عرصه ایجاد اعتماد بیشتر بین کشور ها و امارت اسلامی افغانستان رول بیشتری را انجام دهند.
۳/۳ pic.twitter.com/Bt2ftvQVK5

— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) May 12, 2023

څخه مننه وکړه او له افغان ولس او نظام سره یې د قطر په لا ډیرو همکاریو ټینګار وکړ.
په لیدنه کې د قطر هېواد د محترم امیر له پیروزوینې ډک پیام څخه قدرداني وشوه او هغه هېواد دې ته وهڅول شو چې د نړیوالې ټولنې او افغانستان ترمینځ د باور په پیاړي کولو کې لاډیر رول ولوبوي pic.twitter.com/BacdQRCjSY

— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) May 12, 2023

Mujahid explained that Al-Thani and Head of State Security Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al-Khulaifi met with Head of the Taliban’s interim government Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund and other officials in the movement.

According to Mujahid, the Qatari delegation and the Taliban stressed the importance of strengthening bilateral relations, increasing trust between the two countries and developing cooperation in various fields, such as education, health and economy.

He added that Akhund expressed his welcome of Qatar’s cooperation and goodwill towards Afghanistan and stressed the need to strengthen bilateral relations.

Kandahar province, in southern Afghanistan, gained political importance after the Taliban took control of the country in 2021.

The population of Kandahar is predominantly Pashtun, who form the backbone of the Taliban. Several senior Taliban officials are from Kandahar and have homes in the city.

Recently, two Taliban spokespeople, Zabihullah Mujahid and Bilal Karimi, opened an office in Kandahar.

Qatar hosted peace talks between the Taliban and the former Afghan government and played an important role in the process that led to the Doha Agreement signed between the Taliban and the US on 29 February, 2020.