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Over 600 Afghans cram into U.S. cargo plane in desperate flight from Kabul

REUTERS More than 600 Afghan men, women and children, crouching and crammed up against each other on the floor of a U.S. military plane, left Kabul after the city was seized by Taliban insurgents. A photograph showing the Afghan civilians - som..
Iran says its embassy in Kabul remains open

REUTERS Iran's embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul remains open and fully active, state media reported on Tuesday, a day after Tehran welcomed the "military failure" of its arch-foe the United States as it withdraws its for..
Dutch send new evacuation plane to Kabul, worried time running out

REUTERS The Netherlands has sent a second military plane to Afghanistan to help evacuate people from the country, fearing time for the operation is running out, Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag said on Tuesday. Kaag said the aim was to extract at l..
First German plane evacuated only 7 people from Kabul

BERLIN, Aug 17 - A first German military plane to land in Kabul since the Taliban takeover evacuated only seven people, the government said on Tuesday, due to chaos at the Afghan capital's airport. Germany, which had the second largest militar..
Turkey drops Kabul airport plans but will assist if Taliban ask -sources

REUTERS Turkey has dropped plans to take over Kabul airport after NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan but is ready to provide support if the Taliban request it, two Turkish sources said on Monday amid turmoil following the militant group's ..
Belgium to send military planes to Kabul for evacuation

REUTERS Belgium will send military planes to Kabul to evacuate Belgian citizens and Afghan staff, news agency Belga reported on Monday. Foreign affairs minister Sophie Wilmes told Belgian daily Le Soir that evacuation was being organised for 47..
Frantic scenes at Kabul airport as Afghans try to flee Taliban

REUTERS Several Afghans clung to the side of a U.S. military plane at Kabul's airport on Monday as it taxied through crowds of people desperate to flee the Taliban-controlled capital, a video widely shared on social media showed. The footag..
Frantic scenes at Kabul airport as Afghans try to flee Taliban

REUTERS Several Afghans clung to the side of a U.S. military plane at Kabul's airport on Monday as it taxied through crowds of people desperate to flee the Taliban-controlled capital, a video widely shared on social media showed. The footag..
Russia says Kabul seems safer under Taliban than it was under Ghani

REUTERS Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan praised the Taliban's conduct on Monday and said the group, still officially designated a terrorist organisation in Russia, had made Kabul safer in the first 24 hours than it had been under the pr..

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