Major General Daniel Tully, Deputy Director of Troop Development at the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff, supervisor in charge of directing joint forces training and development systems, information analysis and achieving the strategy for the President's vision of national military policy, and the veteran military commander in the Air Force, confirmed, the State of Qatar's valuable efforts in partnership with U.S. forces in the difficult evacuations have saved thousands of lives, and without the efforts of the Prince's Air Force and the State of Qatar's multiple military and civilian forces involved in the evacuations, more than 60,000 citizens would not have been successfully evacuated from Afghanistan.

Major General Daniel Tully, who knew the State of Qatar closely when he became commander of Air Wing 379 at Al Udeid Air Base, continued his statement to at Al-Sharq, saying: The American and Qatar coordination at the military level has always been central to Al-Udeid base, which is the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, especially given President Joe Biden's desire to resolve the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, and Al Udeid base has played an important, pivotal and strategic role in these policies, as it has become more central and vital to the Pentagon, particularly what Qatari partners have provided over the past 20 years, during which our partnership with our friends in Qatar has succeeded in carrying out difficult and complex operations, particularly at the air force level, in more than one scene in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the centrality of many base regarding the regional cases that the Pentagon places in their vital priorities, including Afghanistan and the fight against extremist terrorist entities and their remnants in Syria and Iraq, and tensions in the Syrian scene, especially in the north, as well as the complex situation in Yemen and also related to some tensions with Iran, and there is a continuing and positive coordination between Doha and Washington at the military level, reflecting the great concern given by the Qatari and American military leaders on the importance of strengthening positive relations and the corresponding importance of Qatar centrally as one of the closest U.S. partners in the region, especially since the tributaries of military coordination are multiple and did not stop at the evacuations, but were preceded by the participation and positive development of the Qatari army system with important military and vital deals from America, and a tremendous development system that brought Qatari military thought closer to the thinking and perceptions of NATO bases and is no different from the direction in which the positive partnership between Qatar and America as a major and positive alliance relationship. Evacuation centers in Qatar have also witnessed upgrades, development, and quick availability of buildings to accommodate the large numbers of evacuations, not affecting operational procedures that were passing faster but in rare coordination in a mostly chaotic scene in Kabul. President Biden has shown great appreciation for Qatar's pivotal role in the evacuations. The Pentagon praised greatly and with gratitude for what Qatar has provided during the past period, which joins a history of great and wonderful positions by the Qatari hosts who continue to amaze us with their generosity, their hospitality, and their positive participation.