About 100 foreign nationals arrived in Qatar from Kabul

Relief for these travelers from Kabul, now safe in Qatar. A first international flight was able to leave Afghanistan Thursday. Doha, very involved in this operation as in the relaunch of the Kabul airport, which is slow to reopen to regular flights.

It was very difficult. We’ve been trying to get to the airport for ten to twenty days but no one could help us, we were going there but there was gunfire and therefore we were going back and forth “ explains Abdul, a passenger with an American green card.

Kabul airport is already destroyed, there is nothing left for the people there unfortunately, but we are very happy with the Qataris because they have taken over the airport “ adds this Canadian national.

Among the hundred passengers, twenty American citizens, but also British, Germans, Dutch and even Canadians.

For the White House “It’s a positive first step” (…) “The Taliban have shown flexibility and have been professional in our dealings with them in this effort.“emphasizes the State Department.

Washington also thanked Qatar, which has been working for several days to prepare Kabul airport structures for a gradual reopening. A complicated task, as the airport suffered from the chaotic evacuations at the end of August, carried out when thousands of Afghans laid siege to the compound in the hope of boarding one of the flights chartered by foreign countries.

We welcome the cooperation of the Taliban who facilitated this flight as part of their commitment to allow those with travel documents to leave if they wish. Our team in Doha ((and the Special Representative for Reconciliation in Afghanistan, Ambassador Khalilzad, stressed to Taliban officials that further measures like these will be welcomed by the international community.“said Ned Price, spokesperson for the State Department.

Washington recognizes that there are still many Afghans who are threatened by working with the former government or Western countries to be exfiltrated.

Despite their promise of openness, the Taliban will not tolerate protest and have tortured journalists covering a demonstration in Kabul.

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