Abdul Qahar Balkhi (Pashto: عبدالقهار بلخي) is an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan official and the current spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 25 September 2021.

[3] Balkhi first appeared publicly at the Taliban's first press conference on 17 August 2021, after the fall of Kabul.

During the press conference, he interpreted for the spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

During the interview, he thanked New Zealand for providing financial support to Afghanistan following the takeover, given their donations to the UN and Red Cross.

[4][5] On 17 November 2021, in an open letter addressed to US Congress, Taliban's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi appealed to unfreeze Afghan central bank assets worth $US9 billion to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.