Africa Business Radio

Qatar believes that recognising the Taliban government in Afghanistan is not a priority now and that the focus should be on engaging with the new administration and addressing humanitarian issues.Mutlaq al-Qahtani, the special envoy of the Qatari foreign minister, called for other countries to engage more deeply with the Taliban as Afghanistan’s de facto authority while urging the group to act as a responsible administration and respect the right of women to work and girls to attend school.Al-Qahtani explained that although the group wants international recognition and agreed on a peace deal with the US, it has resorted to public hangings and other brutal tactics since taking power.