The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, says he will allow the Taliban to open a liaison office in Qatar to try to help the peace process. However, Mr Karzai's office said there should be restrictions preventing any foreign intervention in peace talks. From Kabul, here's Caroline Wyatt.

阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊称，将允许塔利班在卡塔尔设立联络办公室，帮助推进和平进程。然而，卡尔扎伊的办公室称，因设置限制阻止他国干涉和平对话。Caroline Wyatt在喀布尔报道。

This is the first time that President Karzai has personally backed in public the idea of an office for the Taliban in the Gulf state of Qatar. It was a move he ruled out only a few weeks ago, infuriated that the US and Germany had been conducting negotiations over the location without consulting him. Early this month, Afghanistan withdrew its ambassador to Qatar in a signal of Kabul's displeasure. However, a statement from the presidential palace tonight said that if the Americans wanted to locate the office there, the Afghan government would agree in order to help the peace process.

这是卡尔扎伊总统首次在公开场合，以个人名义表示支持在海湾国家卡塔尔为塔利班设立办公室。然而数周前他还反对这个决定，他很生气美国和德国曾就办公地点进行协商，但并没有咨询他的看法。本月早些时候，阿富汗撤回驻卡塔尔大使，表示喀布尔当局的不悦。然而，今晚总统府发表声明，称如果美国想在卡塔尔设立办公室，阿富汗政府同意帮助促进和平进程。