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The Afghan men’s national team is among more than 300 passengers on a charter flight that departed from Kabul to Doha on Wednesday, a Qatari official said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Lolwah Alkhater wrote on the subject Twitter the team traveled at the request of the Taliban government to attend a training camp before the “upcoming championship.” The team is scheduled to participate in the Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates this month.
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According to Alkhater, the ship had nationals from Japan, Belgium, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Sweden and Canada, among others, as well as Afghan journalists.
It was the sixth Qatar charter flight from Kabul – and it carried the most passengers – since the withdrawal of U.S. troops in August.
Video released Twitter Alkhater looked like a Qatar Airways plane taking off from Kabul Airport. Qatar, a close ally of the United States, is a key interlocutor between the West and the Taliban.
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