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Germany to cut Kabul embassy staff to 'absolute minimum'
World

Germany to cut Kabul embassy staff to 'absolute minimum'

  • "We will reduce personnel of the German embassy in Kabul in the coming days to the operative absolute minimum," he told reporters. "We will send a crisis support team to Kabul to help us boost security precautions" during the evacuation.
Published 13 Aug, 2021 11:31pm
UK PM Johnson vows not to 'turn our backs on Afghanistan'
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UK PM Johnson vows not to 'turn our backs on Afghanistan'

  • "What we must do now is not turn our backs on Afghanistan but continue, as a member of the (UN) Security Council, a country deeply involved in the strategic future of the area, to work with our partners, and make sure the government of Kabul does not allow that country, again, to be a breeding ground for terror," he said.
Updated 13 Aug, 2021 11:15pm
NATO envoys to hold urgent meeting on Afghanistan
World

NATO envoys to hold urgent meeting on Afghanistan

  • "It is about determining who does what, when, and how, and what support is given for this."
  • Leading NATO powers the US and Britain have ordered the deployment of thousands of troops to Afghanistan to evacuate their citizens
Published 13 Aug, 2021 07:56pm
Kabul evacuations -- echoes of US exit from Saigon?
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Kabul evacuations -- echoes of US exit from Saigon?

  • A photo that immortalized America's defeat in Vietnam, showing evacuees boarding a helicopter on the roof of a building, spread fast on social networks after the United States announced the emergency deployment on Thursday
Published 13 Aug, 2021 10:07am
Pentagon to send 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to evacuate US officials
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Pentagon to send 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to evacuate US officials

  • "The first movement will consist of three infantry battalions that are currently in the Central Command area of responsibility. They will move to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul within the next 24 to 48 hours," said Defense Department spokesman John Kirby.
Published 13 Aug, 2021 12:11am