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US Chargé d'Affaires to Afghanistan says he's still in Kabul and recommends stranded Americans continue to shelter in place
The embassy was evacuated on Sunday, but Chargé d'Affaires Ross Wilson and a core group of diplomat…
Vanessa Gu
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Military planes at Kabul airport have been performing corkscrew landings and sending out flares to avoid potential missile attacks, report says
Countries like the US and UK have stepped up their warnings over the possibility of attacks at Kabu…
Sinéad Baker
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Taliban fighters enter Kabul, want ‘peaceful transfer’ of power
The Taliban on Sunday started entering Kabul from all sides, according to media reports quoting Afg…
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Only 1 of 125 guards at the British embassy in Kabul were evacuated despite promises by the UK government to help, report says
Staff who guarded the British embassy at Kabul were employed on outsourced contracts, which has now…
Thomas Colson
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Top US diplomat in Afghanistan tested positive for COVID-19 after evacuating Kabul
Ross Wilson, America's chargé d'affaires in Afghanistan, left Kabul on the last military flight out…
Jake Epstein
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US sending 3,000 troops to help begin embassy evacuation in Kabul as Taliban rapidly advances
The US embassy in Kabul warned that the Taliban could be committing war crimes as it makes rapid ga…
John Haltiwanger
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Kabul airport has reopened to receive humanitarian aid and restart domestic flights, reports say
Two domestic flights were recently operated from Kabul airport to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and …
Zahra Tayeb
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Pakistani airline says it will stop flying to Kabul due to Taliban interference just a few weeks after restarting flights
Pakistan International Airlines suspended operations into Kabul Thursday, citing Taliban interferen…
Taylor Rains
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A US missile defense system at Kabul airport intercepted a rocket attack the day before US forces must leave Afghanistan
Local media reports showed a modified car that was used as a rocket launcher to attack Kabul airpor…
Jacob Sarkisian
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Videos show Taliban taking over Kabul airport and celebrating with gunfire after the US left Afghanistan
There was celebratory gunfire in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the Taliban took control of the part of it…
Sinéad Baker
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State Department warning confirms US government 'cannot ensure safe passage' for trapped residents trying to flee to Kabul airport
Thousands have attempted to flee Afghanistan through the international airport in Kabul since the T…
Jake Epstein,Madison Hall
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Guards for the UK embassy in Kabul were told they are ineligible for British protection because they were outsourced from a contractor: report
More than 100 guards for the UK embassy in Kabul say they were told they are ineligible for British…
Matthew Loh
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A map of the Kabul airport shows the choke points that make people trying to flee Afghanistan so vulnerable to attacks
Gathering crowds at both the Abbey Gate and The Baron Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, were vulnerable …
Rebecca Cohen,Skye Gould
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An Afghan student who rushed to Kabul airport to try to escape said 'I thought at one point that this is the end and I will die'
Aisha Ahmad told CNN that she was unable to leave Kabul and is unsure what will happen next in Afgh…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Satellite images show chaos and crowds at Kabul's airport as thousands try to escape Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover
Thousands of Afghans showed up at the airport in Kabul on Monday to try to flee from the Taliban.
Madison Hall
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UK Armed Forces minister warns of 'imminent' attack at Kabul airport as early as Thursday morning
James Heappey said UK intelligence had "very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack" at Kab…
Sinéad Baker
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US officials found the body of an Afghan in the landing gear of a plane after it left Kabul, as hundreds tried to flee the Taliban by clinging to planes
US officials said the crew couldn't operate the landing gear and later found the body, following sc…
Tom Porter
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Photo shows posters of women at a Kabul beauty salon being painted over as the Taliban seized the city
The Taliban stormed Kabul on Sunday and seized control of the presidential palace. Women fear repri…
Sinéad Baker
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A powerful explosion hits house near Kabul airport, believed to be a rocket
A rocket hit a house located near Kabul airport, sources inside the Afghan capital told Insider. Th…
Bethany Dawson
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The first plane Germany used to evacuate people from Kabul only took 7 people due to chaos at the airport
Thousands of Aghani people flooded Kabul's airstrip after the Taliban rapidly conquered Afghanistan…