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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani opened on Tuesday morning Qatar Economic Forum 2022, Powered by Bloomberg, at the Ritz-Carlton, Doha.

Now that the last troops are almost gone, most countries have political influence, while russia and china keep their embassies in the capital. the departing west may have less financial leverage than they hope. there are other ways for the taliban to raise revenue, as they have already been doing. it is notjust about drugs, which does get a lot of attention, but the taliban can generate billions from its control over lucrative trade routes and it controls the whole country. and there are other partners, and i think particularly the role of china could be pivotal here. earlier this week, the ta...

Talks that led to the deal struck in doha last year. it paved the way for the us to withdraw from afghanistan without being attacked, and the taliban promised in return not to harbour terrorists as they had during their last rule. education for girls is another key demand of the west, along with wider human rights, issues that won't particularly concern beijing. the difficulty with using economic leverage is that it only works if the target of your leverage has no other options. and in this case, the taliban does have the option of looking to the regional countries for support, and those count...