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Khalilzad, Qataris, Taliban discuss development opportunities in Afghanistan
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Qatari officials discussed the possibility of co-investing in Afghan projects to “consolidate peace and unlock regional prosperity.”
Khalilzad said in a series tweets that he and Adam Boehler, the CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation, who is accompanying him during his trip on Afghan peace, met with officials of Qatar Investment Authority and Qatar Fund For Development in Doha.
“We discussed the possibility of co-investing in Afghan projects to consolidate peace and unlock regional prosperity. The potential to amplify investment impact in Afghanistan with like-minded partners is real,” Khalilzad tweeted.
1/3 @AdamUSDFC & I have concluded mtgs in Doha. With QIA & @qatar_fund, we discussed the possibility of co-investing in Afghan projects to consolidate peace & unlock regional prosperity. The potential to amplify investment impact in #Afghanistan with like-minded partners is real.
— U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad (@US4AfghanPeace) July 3, 2020
Khalilzad also met with Mullah Baradar the deputy Taliban leader in Doha on Thursday. The group’s spokesman said in a statement that the meeting focused on the Afghan peace process, quick release of prisoners, the commencement of intra-Afghan negotiations, and other related issues.
“We underscored the economic development opportunities that will follow a sustainable peace,” said Khalilzad, “We agreed developing plans in support of peace can never start too early, assuming the two sides can overcome final hurdles on the path to intra-Afghan negotiations.”
Mullah Baradar and his team were engaged and the Taliban recognize all Afghans will have to make compromises in order to draw in the required investment in Afghanistan’s future, the US Envoy tweeted.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in its latest report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, stated that 14 members of the former Afghan government forces were killed in the last three months of 2025.
The report noted that during this period, there were 28 cases of arbitrary arrest and detention, and at least seven cases of torture and ill-treatment targeting officials and personnel of the former Afghan government.
According to the report, some of the officials and forces who had recently returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan were among those subjected to extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, and detentions.
The report also highlighted restrictions on women’s work and movement, executions and flogging of individuals, and disruptions to internet and telecommunications services.
An eight-member delegation from Afghanistan, led by Haseebullah Ahmadi, chief of staff deputy interior minister for counter-narcotics, has departed for Jakarta, Indonesia.
The delegation includes officials from the Interior Ministry’s counter-narcotics deputyship as well as representatives from the Ministry of Public Health.
The visit comes at the official invitation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Kabul and is supported financially by Japan.
During their stay, the delegation will participate in a meeting focused on enhancing international cooperation in combating narcotics and improving treatment programs for individuals struggling with addiction.
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UNAMA: 70 civilians killed in Pakistani attacks on Afghanistan in last three months of 2025
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported that at least 70 civilians were killed and 478 others injured as a result of attacks carried out by the Pakistani military in Afghanistan.
This is the highest number recorded by UNAMA since it began systematically documenting such incidents in 2011.
UNAMA stated that most of the casualties occurred between 10 and 17 October, during a period of sharply heightened tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
On 11 and 12 October, residential areas in the provinces of Paktya, Kunar, and Helmand came under attack from the Pakistani side.
The deadliest day was 15 October, when clashes and airstrikes in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, explosions in Kabul, and incidents in Khost and Paktika resulted in 35 deaths and 422 injuries.
Although a ceasefire was announced on the evening of 15 October, UNAMA documented further incidents in the following days, including an attack on 17 October in Paktika’s Urgun district that claimed the lives of 11 civilians.
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