Qatar won't take 'responsibility' for Kabul airport without a 'clear' Taliban agreement regarding it's operations
warned Tuesday it would not take responsibility for Kabul airport without "clear" agreements with all involved parties, including the , about it's operations.
Doha has become a key broker in following last month's , helping evacuate thousands of foreigners and , engaging the new Taliban rulers and supporting operations at Kabul airport.
"We need to make sure that everything is addressed very clearly otherwise... we are not able to take any responsibility of the airport [if]Ìýall these things are not addressed," Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said at a press briefing.
"Right now the status is still [under]Ìýnegotiation because we need to have an agreement that's clear for everyone for all the parties and who is going to take care of the technical [side], who's going to take care of the security aspects."
"There is a possibility for collaboration with other countries if needed, but until now the discussion is only among us and Turkey and the Taliban."
Since the US pullout, planes have made several trips to Kabul, flying in aid and Doha's representatives and ferrying out foreign passport holders.
A , marking the first international commercial flight since the US withdrawal.
It then made a return flight to Islamabad with about 70 people on board - mostly Afghans who were relatives of staffers with international organisations, according to airport ground staff.
Kabul's international airport was ransacked after US-led forces finished a chaotic evacuation of more than 120,000 people, and the Taliban have since scrambled to resume operations with technical assistance from and other nations.
Qatar Airways operated several charter flights out of Kabul last week, carrying mostly foreigners and Afghans who missed out on the evacuation.
An Afghan airline resumed domestic services on 3ÌýSeptember.
But the resumption of regular commercial flights will be a key test for the Taliban, who have repeatedly promised to allow Afghans with the right documents to leave the country freely.
The United States pulled its final troops out of Afghanistan on 30 August, ending its longest war just ahead of the anniversary of the 11Ìý attacks that prompted its invasion.