Sally Lockwood is in Qatar where families leaving Kabul are being processed.
She finds many still in a state of shock at how quickly events unfolded in Afghanistan.
One man – a highly regarded lawyer – was advised to leave the country as quickly as possible to escape possible retribution from the Taliban.
That meant leaving behind his business, his home and his life savings.
His family have now themselves penniless in Qatar.
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