Qatar: Emir Sheikh Hamad’s meetings



Issue 944 - 12 Apr 2013 | 1 minute read

Afghan President Hamad Karzai paid a short visit to Qatar in late March, accompanied by his foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, head of the High Peace Council Salahuddin Rabbani and presidential adviser Dadfar Spanta. Karzai held talks with the emir and also met Qatar’s ambassador to Pakistan. Likely to have been under discussion is the possibility of a formal role for Qatar in negotiations with the Taliban, and the opening of a Taliban office in Doha.

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