The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived today at Qatar, where it will seek support for the release of Americans and Afghans at risk, having remained in the Afghanistan.
A senior State Department official told reporters during a Blinken flight that Washington facilitated a safe departure. four more Americans from Afghanistan.
“It simply came to our notice then land business “The evacuation of people was facilitated by the State Department,” the official said, according to AFP and Reuters telegrams cited by APE BPE.
He added that Taliban were aware of the operation and that they did not impede the safe passage of persons.
The official did not name, however country to which these people who were released from Afghanistan were transferred.
During his tour, the US Secretary of State is expected to thank Qatar and Germany for aid in Washington to evacuate thousands of people from Kabul. He will also meet with senior Qatari and German officials.
In Germany – where he will go after his visit to the emirate – he will also co-organize a ministerial meeting for Afghanistan.
It is recalled that Qatar appears as the master ombudsman between the Taliban – who captured Kabul on August 15 – and Western countries following the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. It is therefore becoming an important center of consultation for the country of Asia.
It is also worth noting that Doha announced on Saturday that it had reopened the airport Kabul for the transfer of humanitarian aid and for domestic flights in coordination with the hardline Islamist organization. Other international flights are expected to resume soon, he added.
The US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who is traveling to the Gulf on a separate tour, will also visit Qatar on Tuesday. Destinations to visit in Austin also include Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
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