Qatar agrees to represent US interests in Afghanistan

The Associated Press ^ | November 12, 2021 | By MATTHEW LEE

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the Gulf nation of Qatar has agreed to represent American interests in Afghanistan following the closure of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in late August.

The announcement suggests the Biden administration has little confidence that it will reopen the embassy in the near future. But Blinken said the U.S. had “offered an opportunity” to leave Afghanistan to all American citizens “who we’ve identified as being prepared to depart, having the necessary travel documents.”

Several hundred Americans are reported to still be in Afghanistan, though not all have indicated they want to leave, Biden administration officials have said.

Blinken said Qatar will serve as the “protecting power” for the United States in Taliban-run Afghanistan.

The U.S. has numerous protecting power agreements in countries where it does not have diplomatic representation. Those notably include Switzerland in Iran, Sweden in North Korea and the Czech Republic in Syria.

[MplsSteve]

Qatar is an odd nation. We maintain good relations with them and have a large Air force base there - one we probably couldn’t afford to lose.

At the same time, Qatar has been accused of other Gulf nations as well some terrorism experts as being soft on the issue and in fact, have given financial aid to terror groups. They also have a good relationship with Iran.

Not sure how I feel about this.

[cranked]

The same Qatar that is a terrorist enabler, that one?
Yeah, okie dokie.

And this #notmypresident administration picking up where the Obamaidiot administration left off in their part as terrorist enablers and supporters.......

[Bookshelf]

This is asenine. Now the State Department has turned over its portfolio to the Muslim Brotherhood?

[SkyDancer]

What interests? Biden bailed.

[KarlInOhio]

Qatar agrees to represent US interests in Afghanistan

Hopefully they do a better job than our President and State Department.

[caww]

" Qatar will serve as the “protecting power” for the US in Taliban-run Afghanistan"

Taliban respond....."Thank You Pres. Biden...Thank you...

[humblegunner]

Qatar - Qanon... hmmm.

[SmokingJoe]

Not a great idea.
ISIS K or whoever the heck they are, will next hit Quatar embassy and Dementia Joe will follow that up by bombing a Toyota pickup truck full of children and claim he just killed “USIS K” operatives.