Doha: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Doha on Monday, a AFP correspondent saw, in front of the crisis talking to Qatars after the Taliban claimed to have full control over Afghanistan.
Blinken, accompanied by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, is the most senior US senior official to visit this area since the Taliban lightning tookover from Afghanistan on August 15 and the conclusion of Washington’s chaotic withdrawal.
“We are grateful for Qatar’s close collaboration on Afghanistan and its support which is very necessary in facilitating the transit of the US citizens, Embassy Personnel Kabul, Afghanistan is at risk, and other evakake from Afghanistan through Qatar,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha in Doha.
At 1500 GMT.
Qatar, who holds a large US airbase, has become a gateway for 55,000 people flown from Afghanistan, almost half of the total evacuated by US LED forces after the Taliban lightning takeover.
Before his arrival, Blinken said that in Qatar he would “express our deep gratitude for everything they did to support evacuation efforts” and meet saving Afghane residents.
He will also meet US diplomats, which have the function moved from the embassy that is closed in Kabul to Doha.
The State Department said Blinken would discuss with Qatar his efforts, with Turkey, to reopen Ramshackle Kabul airport – important to fly with humanitarian assistance that is needed and to evacuate the remaining Afghanistan.
Taliban on Monday claimed total control over Afghanistan, said they had won the main battle for the Panjshir Valley, the remaining detention of the last resistance to their rules.