Intel: Pompeo thanks Qatar for facilitating Afghanistan peace talks

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanked Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani for agreeing to host peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

“Secretary Pompeo thanked Deputy Prime Minister bin Abdulrahman Al Thani for Qatar’s support in facilitating the recent intra-Afghanistan talks, and the two discussed regional issues, the importance of Gulf unity, and Iran’s destabilizing effect on the region,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.