Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new special representative for Afghan transition Sir Simon Gass met with senior Taliban figures in Doha, Qatar, in recent days, it has been confirmedUK in talks with Taliban about safe passage of British citizens from AfghanistanBritain has opened talks with the Taliban about guaranteeing safe passage for thousands more Afghans and British nationals out of country. Sir Simon Gass, the PM's new special representative for Afghan transition, met senior Taliban figures in Doha, Qatar, in recent days. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab admitted on Tuesday that hundreds of Brits remain stuck in Afghanistan after UK and US troops abandoned the war-ravaged nation to the Taliban. AFP news agency quoted the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid as saying: "Congratulations to Afghanistan... this victory belongs to us all." The US, UK and other nations have been scrambling to evacuate their citizens since the Taliban took over earlier this month.

Source: Daily Mirror August 31, 2021 21:09 UTC