A Taliban delegation led by Taliban Foreign Minister Mullah Amir Khan Mottaqi has met with representatives of Gulf countries.
Mr Mottaqi told the BBC that humanitarian aid, as well as political and economic issues, had been discussed at the joint meeting with representatives of the Gulf states.
He says these countries have told him that they will open offices of some of their aid organizations in Afghanistan to facilitate the delivery of aid.
He added that the meeting focused on facilitating travel for Afghans working in the Gulf countries, as well as Afghanistan’s exports of dried fruits to those countries.
He said: “We also talked about how, as Muslim countries, we can bring Afghanistan’s relations with the rest of the world back to normal.”
The Taliban’s foreign minister, in response to a question from the BBC about what these Islamic countries had at least told them about the issue of recognition, said: “Recognition is a product of interaction and formality, there is still no problem with that … its interaction with us is not inferior to formality.”
He also referred to Afghan embassies around the world and their diplomats in touch with them and providing consular services.
Earlier, Taliban Deputy Spokesman Bilal Karimi told the BBC that the high-level delegation from their government would meet with Gulf countries, the European Union and diplomatic representatives from Qatar. Discuss important issues.”
A spokesman for Britain’s diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, currently based in Doha, also told AFP that they would talk to the Taliban about helping the Afghan people.
The British spokesman added that the UK would share its concerns with the Taliban about the human rights situation in Afghanistan, and in particular the rights of women and girls.
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