Qatar has been working with the Taliban to reopen Kabul’s airport “as soon as possible”, Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said, adding that the Gulf state was also seeking technical assistance from Turkey, Al Jazeera reports.
“We are working very hard (and) we remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible … Hopefully in the next few days we will hear some good news,” Al Thani said on Thursday at a press conference with his British counterpart Dominic Raab in Doha.
The British foreign secretary said there was a need to engage with the Taliban on Afghanistan, but the United Kingdom had no immediate plans to recognize its government.
Raab said that the UK was not going to recognize the Taliban “any time in the foreseeable future”, adding that he will judge the group by its actions, not by words.
