The team, known as the ‘Afghan Dreamers’, were flown to Doha on a flight organized by Qatari officials after their home country came under Taliban rule and are now being housed at Education City, where they will receive scholarships that enable them to keep pursuing their studies through a strategic partnership between Qatar Foundation (QF) and Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD).

Representatives of Qatar Football Association (QFA) and the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) met with officials from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to outline Qatars progress on the road to hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022. The UEFA delegation included members of its workers rights working group, who were given an extensive overview of Qatars progress in relation to workers welfare.

The total value of private sector exports stood at QR 12.3 billion during the first half of this year, reflecting a 56% growth compared to QR 7.9 billion during the same period last year. Data showed that Qatari non-oil exports have recovered from the negative impacts of COVID-19 and registered a significant increase whether on month-to-month base or on quarterly-to-quarterly base.

HE President of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Gianni Infantino has visited a Qatar 2022 residential compound currently hosting a number of refugees from Afghanistan, accompanied by HE Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater, and HE Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee of Delivery & Legacy (SC) Hassan Al Thawadi.

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met today with the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, who is currently visiting the country. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral cooperation between the State of Qatar and the United Nations, and the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

The State of Qatar announced that, in coordination with concerned countries and parties in Afghanistan, it has facilitated the evacuation of more than 40,000 people safely from the Afghan capital, Kabul, to Qatar, and that most of the evacuees are transiting in Qatar, where they are hosted temporarily for a few days before departing on flights to their onward destinations, adding that evacuation efforts will continue in the coming days in consultation with international partners.

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met at the Amiri Diwan on Thursday morning with Team Qatar Olympic mission (Al-Adaam), which was crowned two gold medals in high jump and weightlifting and a bronze medal in beach volleyball at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The State of Qatar won the membership of the Board of Directors of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) during the elections held on the sidelines of the 27th Universal Postal Union Congress, which is organized in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, from August 9 to 27.

The Embassy of the State of Qatar in the People's Republic of China participated in the fifth China-Arab States Expo in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region The exhibition website published several pictures of sports stadiums in the State of Qatar and its preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, as well as the important markets and tourist places in Qatar.

The Ministry of Public Health has approved a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines - "Pfizer and BioNTech" and "Moderna" - to individuals suffering from certain immunodeficiency diseases.