The Prime Minister’s special representative for Afghan transition has travelled to Qatar for talks with ‘senior Taliban representatives’
Officials are aiming to help British nationals and Afghans who helped them during their time in the country – even as theDowning Street confirmed that Sir Simon Gass, the Prime Minister’s special representative for Afghan transition, has travelled to Qatar for talks with ‘senior Taliban representatives’, to again plea for people to be allowed to leave Afghanistan.
They are set to arrive within 48 hours, and will focus on helping UK nationals, interpreters and other Afghans who were employed by the UK – as well as those Afghans judged most at risk.It comes after a chaotic withdrawal of western troops, which saw huge queues outside Kabul airport, which were then targeted by a suicide bomber, and people attempt to cling to departing airplane.
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