Qatar has been excelling in turning things in its favor for years. Despite the certain thing possessing a threat in the region, Qatar remains adamant about having to fetch out benefits from a particular resource and exploit it to the maximum and it has become even more evident in the last few days.
Seeking shelter,
many Afghan refugees flew to Qatar and plan to stay there till some other
permanent arrangements are not made. In the name of giving them facilities,
Qatar merely gave them a tent, where hundreds of people were asked to use one
washroom. Not only does this highlight human rights violations in the country
but also the inhumane approach Qatar is capable of taking against people.
Even now, when
reports about some of the Afghan evacuees having link with terror bodies like
ISIS and Daesh came into the picture, one would assume that Qatar will take
some calls keeping the safety of the region in mind but on the contrary, the
country is focused towards finding ways to take the benefit from the issue.
As per reports spread in the international media, American security officials have found that some of the Afghans who were evacuated from Kabul Airport after the Taliban takeover have potential ties with ISIS. One of the officials on ground talked to a media outlet called Defense one and confirmed that security screeners at Al Udeid Air Base have found at least one person to have links with the terror group.
On the same
issue, another official commented that out of the 7,000 refugees, nearly 100
have been flagged for their links with dangerous outlets. Their thorough
screening is being done at the base as these Afghan refugees may be potential
matches to intelligence agencies.
But one thing
that has irked regional experts in the issue is that when Qatar has such a
strong defense system as well as spending capacity, why did it not notice or
recheck the backgrounds of these Afghans prior to the screening procedure. Like
the US official said, if they indeed have connection with ISIS then was Qatar
waiting for something to happen on its soil or was it just being ignorant
toward the possibility?
The answer to
this would be--neither of them. Qatar is not a new player to let such an
important step like security check miss out from its hand and not have a
background check of each of the Afghan refugees on its land. There are
possibilities that the Qatari officials were well informed about the informant
and were looking for an opportunity to use them in its favor.
The plan was to
send these suspicious people to Doha along with other civilians and use them to
dominate the Afghan scene in all its divisions. It is no more hidden that Qatar
has its connections with many terror groups and not just this, it also provides
them a safe haven in the country.
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