Conflicts / War / Peace
Italy diplomats and Afghan helpers return to Rome on military plane
ROME (Reuters) -A first plane carrying Italian diplomats and their Afghan assistants arrived in Rome from Kabul on Monday as...
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U.S. focused on securing Kabul airport after chaos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will focus on securing the Kabul airport and additional U.S. forces will flow into the...
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World must help Afghans fleeing Taliban or risk crisis – Merkel
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Monday that Afghans fleeing from the Taliban to neighbouring...
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France’s Macron urges UN to act with single voice on Afghanistan
PARIS (Reuters) -Islamist militants will seek to benefit from the turmoil in Afghanistan, said French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday,...
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UK’s Johnson plans G7 meeting on Afghanistan, steps up evacuation effort
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to host a virtual meeting of G7 leaders to tackle the deteriorating...
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Macron says France is protecting EU delegate in Afghanistan
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday France was currently protecting the European Union delegate in Afghanistan...
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Merkel warns of crisis if Afghans fleeing Taliban not supported
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and other western countries should provide aid to countries neighbouring Afghanistan to help them deal with...
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Britain asks: Is America back or has it turned its back?
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - The humiliation of the lightning Taliban takeover in Afghanistan after a 20-year war that...
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UK indicates Afghanistan sanctions possible
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will use all the means it has at its disposal to hold the Taliban to account...
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Russia’s Lavrov discusses Afghanistan crisis with U.S., China
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Afghanistan...
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U.N. Security Council calls for talks to create new Afghan government
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council called for the establishment, through negotiations, of a new government in Afghanistan...
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Turkey evacuates civilians, citizens from Afghanistan amid turmoil
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey on Monday evacuated civilians and its citizens from Kabul on a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul, after...
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Pentagon says U.S. and international forces working to clear Kabul airport
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces are working with Turkish and other international troops to clear Kabul airport to allow evacuation...
Read moreUzbekistan says hundreds of Afghan soldiers flee over border with dozens of aircraft
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghan soldiers have fled to Uzbekistan with 22 military planes and 24 helicopters last weekend,...
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Germany vows to airlift as many people as it can out of Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is working to get as many people as possible out of Afghanistan quickly, Foreign Minister Heiko...
Read moreTwo gunmen killed by U.S. forces at Kabul airport in past 24 hours – official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces protecting the airport in Kabul have killed two gunmen in separate incidents, a U.S. official...
Read moreAround 11,000 Cameroonians flee to Chad after violence
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -Around 11,000 people fleeing clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon arrived in neighbouring Chad at the...
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Biden to speak on Afghanistan on Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will return to the White House from Camp David on Monday to deliver...
Read moreRussia says it has set up contacts with new Afghan authorities to secure its embassy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has set up working contacts with representatives of the new authorities in Afghanistan to ensure the...
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Belgium to send military planes to Kabul for evacuation – Belga
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will send military planes to Kabul to evacuate Belgian citizens and Afghan staff, news agency Belga...
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