UK & Qatar Officials Discuss Importance of International Support For Afghans

Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Thani and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly have discussed Afghanistan issues.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar said that the two officials discussed the importance of the international community's support to the people of Afghanistan.

According to this statement, the strategic cooperation between Qatar and the United Kingdom, developments in Palestine, the situation in Syria, and the Iran nuclear agreement were among the other topics discussed by them.

Qatar has close ties with the Taliban, and according to a Reuters report in June, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdulrahman al-Thani had been the first foreign officials to meet Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in Kandahar.