DOHA( BLOOMBERG)-As the Taliban closed in on Kabul and tens of thousands of people overwhelmed its airport, it was the small Gulf state of Qatar that first opened its doors to evacuees, fast establishing itself as the West's main line of communication to an organisation best known for harbouring Osama bin Laden. The US and UK have since moved their Afghanistan embassies to Doha, its critical role lauded by United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin-both vi
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