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8/26/2021 5:54:48 PM
The official says evacuation flights have continued to take off from Kabul airport in the waning days of an airlift to help people flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
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8/26/2021 5:12:49 PM
A Downing Street spokesperson said Johnson had been 'updated on the situation at the airport in Kabul'
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8/26/2021 4:39:00 PM
The British, French and Danish militaries had given stark warnings about the security situation at the Kabul airport
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8/26/2021 9:10:00 AM
Meanwhile, France's prime minister says his country will no longer be able to evacuate people from Kabul airport after Friday night
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8/25/2021 10:27:02 AM
Biden was adamant that the risk of terror attacks was too great to accede to appeals from G-7 leaders to keep 5,800 American troops at Kabul's airport beyond the end of the month
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8/24/2021 11:22:20 PM
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8/24/2021 11:16:38 AM
About 50,000 foreigners and Afghans have fled the country from Kabul's airport since the Taliban swept into power 10 days ago, according to the US government
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8/23/2021 12:51:30 PM
This was the latest episode in a chaotic operation overseen by the US army that has seen about 30,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since the Taliban marched into Kabul on August 15
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8/22/2021 9:36:45 PM
Frightened people besiege Kabul airport, the only exit route from the country. Chaos breaks out on the tarmac as people try to rush aircraft
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8/22/2021 6:59:56 PM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged the desperate situation at the airport
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8/22/2021 6:03:59 PM
Britain's defence ministry said Sunday seven people had died in the crowds, without giving further details
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8/22/2021 10:19:08 AM
The deaths come as a new, perceived threat from the Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan has seen U.S. military planes do rapid, diving combat landings at the airport surrounded by Taliban fighters
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8/21/2021 8:41:26 PM
The official said that small groups of Americans and possibly other civilians will be given specific instructions on what to do, including movement to transit points where they can be gathered up by the military
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8/20/2021 7:07:29 PM
NATO itself still has 500 civilian staff, including nearly 200 Afghans, working at the airport to keep it open while national military rescue operations continue
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8/17/2021 9:28:15 PM
In addition to aircraft, the US has sent military reinforcements to protect the exodus, with troop numbers swelling to 4,000 on Tuesday
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8/17/2021 2:59:14 PM
Turkey has been talking to Taliban leaders on a range of issues in the past few months, including its offer to protect Kabul's airport following the US troop withdrawal.
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8/16/2021 8:04:21 PM
At daybreak, thousands of Afghans had streamed into the airport. Tajik said she saw U.S. soldiers fire shots in the air. Her flight would be here soon, she was told
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8/15/2021 8:06:28 PM
The Taliban captured most of the country in a matter of days and swept into the capital on Sunday
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8/15/2021 4:11:35 PM
In a statement it says that it would also maintain its diplomatic presence in Kabul. ``The security of our personnel is paramount, and we continue to adjust as necessary,'' it added
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8/14/2021 5:18:07 PM
The lucky ones, those who managed to get a ticket for a flight out to anywhere, then wait more than three hours to make it inside the terminal, bidding tearful goodbyes to loved ones they are leaving behind
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