WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd September, 2021) US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has met with Qatari Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Alkhater to talk about Afghanistan and thank Doha for helping in the evacuation operations from Kabul, Sherman said on Wednesday.
"I met with Qatari Assistant Foreign Minister @Lolwah_Alkhater to discuss Afghanistan and express our gratitude to Qatar for their role facilitating the safe and orderly transit of so many people. We also discussed U.S.-Qatar cooperation on climate change and other issues," Sherman tweeted.
Qatari leadership is currently in the US as part of a delegation to the UN General Assembly with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani delivering a speech on the first day of the General Debate.
After the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) took over Kabul on August 15, hundreds of people rushed to the airport, which resulted in several days of chaos. As foreigners and Afghans who helped foreign forces were striving to leave, the airport was shaken by terrorist attacks organized by a local affiliate of the IS terrorist group (banned in Russia).
Since mid-August Qatar has been facilitating the evacuation of people safely from Kabul to Qatar. Most of the evacuees are transiting in Qatar, where they are hosted temporarily for a few days before departing on flights to their onward destinations. According to the Qatari foreign ministry data, some 114,000 people left Afghanistan on evacuation flights, with over 58,000 of them via Qatar.
