Previous Story
Qatar foreign minister in Afghanistan in first high-level visit
Posted On 12 Sep 2021
Comment: 0
Qatar Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani is the highest-level foreign official to visit Afghanistan since the Taliban took power.
![Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visited Kabul and met a number of officials in the Taliban's new government [File: Alexander Nemenov/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-11T133614Z_733678020_RC2ONP99NJ5Q_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-RUSSIA-QATAR.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has visited Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul and met Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the acting Prime Minister in the Taliban’s new government.
He also met on Sunday with former President Hamid Karzai as well as Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the National Reconciliation Council as he encouraged Afghan parties and groups to engage in national reconciliation.
