KABUL, Aug 18 — More than 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights, a Western security official told Reuters today, as efforts gathered pace to get people out after the Taliban seized the capital. The Taliban have said they want peace, will not...
KABUL, Aug 18 — More than 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights, a Western security official told Reuters today, as efforts gathered pace to get people out after the Taliban seized the capital.
US forces running the airport had to stop flights on Monday after thousands of frightened Afghans swamped the facility looking for a flight out. Flights resumed yesterday as the situation came under control. “We don’t want any internal or external enemies,” Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s main spokesman, told reporters.
The European Union said it would only cooperate with Taliban authorities if they respected fundamental rights, including those of women.Afghan girls’ education activist Pashtana Durrani, 23, was wary of Taliban promises. “They have to walk the talk. Right now they are not doing that,” she told Reuters.
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