Qatar hosted the Taliban at the request of the government of the United States, the Qatari foreign minister‘s special envoy on counterterrorism told Al Jazeera.
Mutlaq Al Qahtani said the Gulf country hosted the Taliban „by request of the US government“ and as part of Qatar‘s „open-door policy, to facilitate talks, to mediate and to bring peace“.
He added that Qatar „was facilitating the talks between the Americans, the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan“.