For the time being, France is not planning any relations with the radical Islamic Taliban ruling Afghanistan.
It is now up to the Taliban to keep their promises, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France 5 on Saturday. "You lie with all your promises, and at the moment the results are not there." We expect the Taliban to act. "
Le Drian travels to Qatar on Sunday to discuss further evacuations after the chaotic international withdrawal from Afghanistan.
There are still "a few French" who have to be flown out, as well as a few hundred Afghans who are threatened because they have ties to French institutions or are involved in areas that the Taliban hate, he said.
Qatar as a key player
France had flown almost 3,000 people from Afghanistan in August, including 2,600 Afghans.
After the international withdrawal, Qatar organized civil evacuation flights for numerous nations.
Qatar is a key player in the Afghanistan crisis. In the Gulf state, negotiations between the Taliban and the US government about a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan took place in 2020. Negotiations were later held in Qatar between the militia and the Afghan government at the time.