‘PO plays a crucial role in expanding relations’

KABUL (TOLOnews): Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs, emphasized the important role of the Islamic Emirate’s Political Office (PO) in broadening the interim government’s political relations with the international community.

The Arg stated in a press release that Mawlawi Abdul Kabir met with Suhail Shaheen, the head of the Islamic Emirate’s Political Office, during his visit to Qatar.

In this meeting, Shaheen mentioned that embassies of some countries that are not active in Kabul use this office to communicate on important and bilateral issues.

The Arg’s statement reads: “Mawlawi Abdul Kabir praised the activities of the Islamic Emirate’s Political Office in Doha and highlighted the significance of this office, stating that it is influential in expanding the Islamic Emirate’s relations and its role in resolving certain issues and progress cannot be overlooked.”

Meanwhile, some political analysts have shared their views on the significance of the Islamic Emirate’s Political Office in Qatar.

Sayed Akbar Sial Wardak, a political analyst, said: “In my opinion, the Islamic Emirate’s Political Office aims to negotiate politically with the US Embassy or other countries’ embassies located there.”

Another political analyst, Sameem Shamsi, stated: “If the Islamic Emirate closes its office and establishes Afghanistan’s political representation in one of the provinces, foreign embassies will be compelled to reopen their embassies in Afghanistan.”

The Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs traveled to Qatar on Thursday to attend the funeral ceremony of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s Political Bureau.