Qatar, which was supposed to be a transit point for a few thousand evacuees from Kabul, has become a focal point after the chaotic US withdrawal
It comes as no surprise that the first flight that arrived at the Kabul airport since the US pullout was from Qatar.
Hence, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken chose Qatar on Sunday for his first trip since the Taliban takeover as he seeks a united front with allies shaken by the chaos. After the surprisingly swift Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15, the US looked to Qatar to help shoulder the evacuations of tens of thousands in a chaotic, messy and hurried airlift.
Qatari officials also managed to evacuate an all-girls robotics team, a girls’ boarding school, more than 250 students and staff members as well as journalists working for international media outlets. “This trust and influence has been used by the Qataris to ensure that the Taliban are not interfering with the evacuation process and allow the US withdrawal to go as smoothly as possible given the circumstances,” Dr Krieg toldDoha over the last decade forged balanced ties with the Taliban’s political leadership as it has hosted exiled Taliban officials and their political office.
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said, “Without engagement, we cannot reach . . . real progress on the security front or on the socioeconomic front.”
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