US Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned on Friday that he would journey to Qatar on Sunday to fulfill with the nation’s leaders and thank them for serving to these evacuated from Afghanistan, and later journey to Germany for a ministerial assembly.
Blinken instructed a information convention on the State Department that he would meet Afghans and employees in Qatar’s capital, Doha, who’re doing actually heroic work across the clock.
He mentioned he would journey to Ramstein Air Base in Germany the place he would additionally meet with Afghans. The ministerial assembly would happen nearly with companions, together with greater than 20 nations which have a stake in relocating and settling Afghans. Blinken additionally mentioned Said the US authorities is sustaining contact with the Taliban. “We continue to maintain channels of communication with the Taliban on important issues,” Blinken mentioned.
Blinken mentioned the State Department was “in constant contact” with the remaining Americans in Afghanistan who nonetheless wish to depart the nation. We are offering them with very particular, very particular steerage,” he mentioned.
Almost all the remaining survivors are twin residents, whose houses are in Afghanistan and whose prolonged households reside there, Blinken mentioned.
Blinken additionally described the division’s efforts since President Joe Biden took workplace in January to expedite the processing of particular visas for Afghans serving with the US army throughout the 20-year warfare, together with tens of hundreds are nonetheless in Afghanistan.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
