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These villas are made for the World Cup. Now they house Afghan refugees.

DOHA (Aftenposten): Many feel enormous relief. Some are marked by bitter vengeance. Everyone is in despair that extreme Islamists have hijacked their homeland.

Luxurious residential areas have been built for the World Cup next year. They now house hundreds of Afghan refugees. Aftenposten has slapped the faces of the children for their own safety.

When they woke up on Sunday 15 August, they received the shock message. The Taliban stood outside the city and no one could stop them.

What followed was a desperate struggle to reach Kabul airport and the evacuation planes. 240,000 have been retrieved. About 1100 have been brought to Norway. Just over 20,000 of them are in Qatar.

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