Afghanistan Peace Campaign“Qatar is a crucial partner as we seek to protect US interests, support the Afghan people and defend their rights,” West said.
US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, who is on a regional trip, met with Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and special envoy for conflict resolution Mutlaq Al-Qahtani to discuss “the way ahead in Afghanistan.”
In a series of tweets about the meeting, West said they consider Qatar as a crucial partner of the US, adding that Washington is committed to defending the rights of the Afghan people.
“Qatar is a crucial partner as we seek to protect US interests, support the Afghan people and defend their rights,” West said.
Meanwhile, Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in an interview with a Qatari media outlet, said that his country has played an important role in the agreement between the US and the current government in Afghanistan.
“The government of Qatar has worked and played a significant role in many regional and international cases in the field of mediation and achieved success in the area of the agreement between the US and the Afghan Taliban,” Qatar’s Prime Minister said.
“The people of Afghanistan, all Afghan politicians and officials, as well as countries in the region, hope that the start of Thomas West’s trip to regional and neighboring countries of Afghanistan will be helpful in solving problems faced by the people of Afghanistan,” said Najib Rahman Shamal, a political affairs analyst.
West also met with Hekmat Khalil Karzai, the former deputy foreign minister under the previous government, and discussed the lifting of restrictions on women’s employment and education.
“Over the last few decades, the issue of violation of human rights and women’s rights has been a challenge for the governments in Afghanistan. I hope that the current government takes this matter into consideration so that Afghanistan gets rid of political and economic isolation,” said Zalmay Afghanyar, a political affairs analyst.
Previously, the US State Department in a statement said that its special envoy is visiting the UAE, Qatar, and Turkey at a time when women are not permitted to work in UN offices in the province of Nangarhar.