Jaishankar holds talks with Qatari FM in Doha on Afghanistan developments | India News

NEW DELHI: Exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday held talks together with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on the most recent developments in Afghanistan as he stopped over in Qatar’s capital Doha on his means again house from a four-day go to to the US.
Doha has been the venue for the intra-Afghan peace talks and Qatar has emerged as an important participant in facilitating the Afghan peace course of.
The Taliban’s political leaders have been residing within the Gulf nation for years.
“Met Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani @MBA_AlThani_DPM & FM Qatar throughout my cease over in Doha. Had helpful change of views on Afghanistan,” Jaishankar tweeted.

The talks got here 5 days after Afghan capital Kabul fell to the Taliban after it swept throughout Afghanistan, seizing management of virtually all key cities and cities in an over month-long offensive following the withdrawal of the US forces.
The Qatari international minister, who additionally holds the put up of deputy prime minister, mentioned the discussions included the latest developments in Afghanistan.
“Delighted to welcome once more my colleague @DrSJaishankar, #India’s Minister of Exterior Affairs. Our dialogue included methods of growing the historic relations between our two pleasant nations, together with the latest developments in #Afghanistan,” he mentioned on Twitter.
On Tuesday, India accomplished the evacuation of all its diplomats and different workers members from Kabul underneath a troublesome and complex train, two days after the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital.
The mission to evacuate near 200 individuals together with the Indian envoy and different staffers in two army plane was completed with help from the US.
In the meantime, unconfirmed experiences mentioned the Taliban has been finishing up door-to-door searches of a number of embassies in Kabul and had gone to the Indian mission complicated as nicely.
Jaishankar had made two stopovers at Doha in June throughout his go to to Kenya and Kuwait.
Qatar had additionally hosted talks between the Taliban and the US. Earlier this month, Qatari particular envoy for battle decision Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani visited India throughout which he met Jaishankar, international secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and J P Singh, the Joint Secretary within the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division within the ministry of exterior affairs (MEA).