AMSTERDAM, Aug 22 — The Netherlands will increase its military presence in Afghanistan to help with efforts to evacuate people from the country, the Dutch defence ministry said today. An unspecified number of troops will be sent to help the 62 Dutch special forces already at Kabul airport to...
AMSTERDAM, Aug 22 — The Netherlands will increase its military presence in Afghanistan to help with efforts to evacuate people from the country, the Dutch defence ministry said today.
The Dutch government said earlier its entire local embassy staff of 207 and their families had left Afghanistan and were on their way to the Netherlands, after they had been unable to reach the airport for days due to the chaos outside the gates.
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