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Germany has evacuated almost 2,000 from Kabul airport, Berlin says
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German military has airlifted almost 2,000 people out of Kabul airport, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told...
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Merkel says Afghan army collapsed at ‘breathtaking pace’
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday conceded that the Afghan army's resistance against Taliban militants had been...
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West struggles with Afghanistan chaos, Biden again defends withdrawal
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Chaos around the Kabul airport was so bad this week that the U.S. military was forced to use...
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U.S. says a dozen countries to let Kabul evacuation flights transit
By Idrees Ali and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Friday that a dozen countries, from Europe...
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U.S. evacuation flights from Kabul will land in Germany on Friday – Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military aircraft conducting evacuation flights from Kabul will land in Germany on Friday, the Pentagon said....
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NATO allies press for more time to fly people out of Kabul
By Sabine Siebold and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Several NATO countries pressed on Friday for evacuations from Kabul to continue...
Read more“We sneaked past the crowd”: Airline pilot recounts escape from Kabul
By Ognen Teofilovski SKOPJE (Reuters) - As thousands of people thronged Kabul airport in a bid to escape the advancing...
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Putin says senses Kyiv has decided against peaceful solution to E.Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had the impression that the Ukrainian leadership had decided...
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U.S. position on Taiwan unchanged despite Biden comment – official
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Biden administration official said on Thursday that U.S. policy on Taiwan had not changed...
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Erdogan says Turkey will not be “Europe’s migrant storage unit” amid Afghanistan turmoil
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged European countries to take responsibility for migrants coming from Afghanistan, adding...
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Planes, guns, night-vision goggles: The Taliban’s new U.S.-made war chest
By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a month ago, Afghanistan's ministry of defense posted...
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IMF blocks Afghanistan’s access to SDR reserves over lack of clarity on government
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it suspended Afghanistan's access to IMF resources, including...
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Biden says Afghanistan withdrawal ‘chaos’ inevitable -ABC News interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he does not believe it would have been possible to...
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Erdogan says Turkey still aims to maintain Kabul airport security
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey still aims to maintain security at Kabul airport, after Taliban...
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IMF suspends Afghanistan’s access to Fund resources over lack of clarity on government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Afghanistan will not be able to access IMF resources,...
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Evacuations more important than U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal date -House panel chairman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday the U.S. military...
Read moreSwiss won’t accept big groups coming directly from Afghanistan
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland will not accept large groups of refugees arriving directly from Afghanistan, the government said...
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Merkel spoke to Pakistan’s Kahn, Emir of Qatar on Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Kahn, the Emir of Qatar and the...
Read moreStampede at gate of airport in Afghan capital injures 17 – NATO official
KABUL (Reuters) - Seventeen people were injured on Wednesday in a stampede at a gate to the airport in the...
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First Lufthansa plane with Afghanistan evacuees lands in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) -The first Lufthansa plane carrying evacuees from Afghanistan landed in Frankfurt early on Wednesday with about 130 people...
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