post" columnist at the council on foreign relations. thank you both very much for coming to "the sunday show." anna, since you're the newbie here, i'm going to start with you and ask you, why is secretary blinken going to qatar? why is this trip so important? >> thanks for having me, jonathan. good to be here the first time. qatar is a key player in all of this, has been at least a year and a half. remember, qatar is where the negotiations between the u.s. and taliban to negotiate with the u.s. had all unfolded following the u.s. invasion of afghanistan. qatar has been a key player here and will continue to be a key player. today we are hearing the airport is back up and running to some degree with some domestic flights. there are a lot of technical issues. it's been largely inoperable. it's because of qatar officials who are there getting up and running. for the u.s. side, blinken's
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