BRUSSELS, Aug 20 — Nato’s priority is to get people out of Kabul and keep the airport running, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said today as the alliance’s foreign ministers met for a virtual crisis meeting to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. “The situation remains difficult and...
BRUSSELS, Aug 20 — Nato’s priority is to get people out of Kabul and keep the airport running, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said today as the alliance’s foreign ministers met for a virtual crisis meeting to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
More than 18,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital, according to a Nato official, but thousands of people, desperate to flee the country, are still thronging the airport. He again urged the Taliban to allow the safe passage of all foreign nationals and Afghans seeking to depart the country.
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