An Afghan antheral who was evacuated from Kabul sits connected a partition astatine a impermanent lodging analyzable successful Doha, Qatar, Aug. 21, 2021. Qatar played an out-sized relation successful U.S. efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of radical from Afghanistan. Now the tiny Gulf Arab authorities is being asked to assistance signifier what is adjacent for Afghanistan due to the fact that of its ties with some Washington and the Taliban insurgents present successful complaint successful Kabul. (Qatar Government Communications Office via AP)

An Afghan antheral who was evacuated from Kabul sits connected a partition astatine a impermanent lodging analyzable successful Doha, Qatar, Aug. 21, 2021. Qatar played an out-sized relation successful U.S. efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of radical from Afghanistan. Now the tiny Gulf Arab authorities is being asked to assistance signifier what is adjacent for Afghanistan due to the fact that of its ties with some Washington and the Taliban insurgents present successful complaint successful Kabul. (Qatar Government Communications Office via AP)

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Middle Eastern State of Qatar, which has played an outsized relation successful Afghanistan since the Taliban’s expanse to powerfulness connected Aug. 15, has sent a delegation to Kabul. It is the highest diplomatic level delegation to sojourn the Afghan superior since the Taliban announced their interim Cabinet.

Taliban governmental spokesperson Suhail Shaheen tweeted Sunday astir the high-level delegation, saying it included Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdur Rahman Al-Thani, the lawman premier curate who is besides Qatar’s overseas minister.

He met with Taliban Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund. The Qatar delegation besides met with erstwhile president Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, the erstwhile government’s main negotiator successful bid talks with the Taliban.

The Taliban person maintained a governmental bureau successful the Qatar superior of Doha since 2013. Last week, Qatar Airways became the archetypal planetary hose to statesman operating planetary flights retired of Kabul planetary airport, transporting much than 250 overseas nationals, including U.S. citizens, retired of the capital.

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Qatar has besides provided method assistance, on with Turkey, to restart the airport, which had been damaged by departing U.S. troops who near Afghanistan connected Aug. 30 aft evacuating tens of thousands of Afghans fleeing the instrumentality of the Taliban.

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