KABUL, 22 January 2022, (TON): Turkiye and Qatar have reached an agreement on ensuring security at Kabul’s main airport should they be awarded the mission amid ongoing talks with the Taliban government.

Turkish diplomatic sources told media that Ankara and Doha had agreed on a security framework for the airport mission, but added talks continued on other aspects such as financing.

One of the sources said “it is expected for the Taliban to ensure security outside, and for whoever runs the airport to ensure it inside.”

The person said on condition of anonymity “the process is continuing constructively.”

They added that a delegation of Turkish and Qatari officials were holding talks on the issue in Kabul this week.

Qatar’s state news agency said “the Taliban government will be in Doha next week to complete discussions with Qatar and Turkiye over the operation and management of the airport. It added in a statement that delegations from Qatar and Turkiye have held two days of “intense negotiations” in Kabul this week over control of the airport.