'The eyes of the world are on Afghanistan.' NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says any Afghan government that attempts to undo the social, economic and political progress in the country 'risks international isolation'. Latest from Afghanistan:
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance's priority is to get people out of Kabul and keep the airport running."The main challenge we face is ensuring that people reach and enter Kabul airport."
Jack Straw, who served as foreign secretary under former prime minister Tony Blair, says he wouldn't delegate the call. She told Sky News she has been speaking to women in Afghanistan and has received examples of"bad behaviour and violence against women". The latest images from the capital show lines of relived families walking towards an aircraft on Friday accompanied by US Marines.13:35Albania and Kosovo have accepted a request to temporarily take in Afghan refugees bound for the US.
"The death of Mohammed Munib Majeedi is an unimaginable tragedy," a group of Sheffield Labour MPs said. "From this desperate crowd, sometimes understandably aggressive crowd, our people are trying to extract those who are on our list. It is understood Taliban lead negotiator Anas Haqqani said the group has made a deal with the US"to do nothing" until after the final withdrawal date.The Taliban have yet to expand on their plans to replace the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces – five days after seizing power in Afghanistan.Facebook has installed new security measures to help protect Afghan accounts.
In a statement, Mr Raab said advice to call the Afghan foreign minister was"quickly overtaken by events" after being received by his office on 13 August. Mary Ellen McGroarty, the head of the WFP, said the country is facing its"hour of greatest need" and urged the international community to"stand by the Afghan people at this time."
He said it has led to a"shameful humanitarian catastrophe" and given a"significant victory" to militant groups.At risk Germans in remote regions of Afghanistan will be rescued via helicopter, a defence ministry spokesperson said today.Light helicopters are typically used by Special Forces to evacuate citizens in crisis situations.
Pakistan’s state-run airline has now resumed evacuation flights from Kabul in a bid to relocate Pakistanis and other foreigners who remain stranded abroad. The militants had initially promised they would allow free media and jobs for women – banned when the Taliban was last in power from 1996 to 2001 – in a news conference on Tuesday.
"At the British base, where we are, we've had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people who are actually meant to be going to the United States," Ramsay said. The latest images show evacuees - including very young children - stepping off a flight at Al-Udeid airbase in Doha.A former Royal Marine commando attempting to help people flee Afghanistan's capital Kabul has warned:"We are going to leave so many people behind."
It comes as thousands of people have congregated outside Kabul airport in a desperate bid to leave Afghanistan, with shocking video showing people attempting to cling to aircraft as they take off.Taliban 'searched closed Indian consulates in Afghanistan' for documents – reports Dr Schuster said:"In the days that I was there before I left, colleagues were telling me that they had been searching for official documents and working out who was working for the government.
The money is going towards flights to bring home Afghans in need who - according to the American fundraiser - are on the Taliban's"kill list", such as human rights lawyers, journalists and interpreters and their families.
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