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2/12/2022 7:30:52 PM
The United States is evacuating almost all of the staff from its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent.
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2/5/2022 12:41:26 AM
The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings, acted alone, and that the deaths of more than 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were not preventable.
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2/1/2022 9:47:57 AM
President Joe Biden on Monday designated Qatar a major non-NATO ally, a largely symbolic honor but one that was meant to convey his administration's gratitude for the tiny Persian Gulf nation's assistance with evacuations from Afghanistan and in ending last year's Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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1/17/2022 5:47:32 PM
Palestinian residents of a flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood held a tense standoff with Israeli authorities on Monday as police came to evict them from a disputed property.
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1/13/2022 11:19:22 PM
Thousands of Israeli nationalists staged a protest Thursday outside the parliament building in Jerusalem, urging the government not to demolish a West Bank settlement outpost.
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12/4/2021 11:52:46 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to the Gulf, expressed appreciation to Qatar on Saturday for helping to organise the latest evacuation to France of more than 250 threatened Afghans.
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12/2/2021 10:50:36 AM
If Ethiopia's conflict devolves into communal violence it could "fracture" society and possibly spark an exodus reminiscent of the chaotic evacuation at Kabul's airport in August, the UN aid chief warned.
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11/29/2021 1:02:03 PM
Greece's foreign ministry on Monday urged Greek nationals to leave Ethiopia, warning that conditions in the war-torn country were becoming "increasingly unpredictable".
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10/11/2021 9:26:34 PM
Madrid confirmed on Monday that it was expecting the arrival of Afghans who had worked for Spain, whose evacuation it had arranged via Pakistan.
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10/9/2021 9:36:13 AM
Senior Taliban officials and US representatives are to hold talks Saturday and Sunday about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country, officials from both sides said.
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9/21/2021 12:22:25 PM
Fire Service officials in Greece said Tuesday they have contained a wildfire that threatened homes and prompted overnight evacuations at a resort northeast of Athens
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9/11/2021 8:40:24 PM
The UAE is one of a number of Gulf states that have been key staging posts for evacuation flights for foreigners and Afghans, alongside Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain
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9/9/2021 7:09:57 PM
The flight to Doha comes as the Taliban continue their transition from insurgents to governing power, less than a month after they marched into Kabul and ousted former president Ashraf Ghani
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9/8/2021 10:51:33 AM
The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens pleaded for action from the Biden administration to get the would-be evacuees aboard charter flights that are standing by to fly them from Afghanistan
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9/3/2021 8:31:55 PM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised the evacuation effort despite the scenes of thousands of people jammed outside the gates at Kabul's airport
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9/3/2021 4:50:15 PM
The losses for one of the world's poorest countries are considerable and will complicate the ability of the Taliban to run the country, experts say
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9/2/2021 11:48:39 AM
Asked about a possible new force, Borrell insisted that 'we have to go for something more ready to be activated, more operational' as the battlegroups have remained unused
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9/1/2021 8:05:45 PM
Britain has opened talks with the Taliban over the safe passage of its remaining nationals and allies out of Afghanistan and dispatched senior civil servant Simon Gass to meet with Taliban representatives in Doha
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9/1/2021 4:36:54 PM
Nehan, who previously served as acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, said the withdrawal was "mismanaged" and "irresponsible" and with a delayed exit evacuations could have been handled in an organised manner
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8/30/2021 4:23:32 PM
He said the Kabul airfield remains operational as the evacuation continued on Monday. Other details were not immediately available
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