The Kabul Tribune (KT) — The Qatar Embassy in Kabul hosted a roundtable discussion on Afghanistan’s relations with the international community, attended by senior officials from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry, according to a statement from the embassy.
Participants included Qatar’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, HE
Dr. Mirdef bin Ali Al Qashouti, UNAMA Acting Head Georgette Gagnon, UNAMA
political chief Scott Smith, Taliban Foreign Ministry official Zakir Jalaly,
and Abdulhai Qanit.
Discussions focused on the future of Afghanistan’s relations
with the international community and ways to strengthen engagement and
cooperation, the statement said.
Qatar has played a key diplomatic role in facilitating
dialogue between the Taliban and international actors, while UNAMA continues to
engage with Taliban authorities on political, humanitarian and human rights
issues in Afghanistan.
