Evacuation
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21 additional United States citizens evacuated from Afghanistan
World | Sep 11, 2021, 09:33 AM ISTThe Dept assisted two US citizens and 11 LPRs to depart from Afghanistan via an overland route."We provided guidance to them, worked to facilitate their safe passage, and Embassy officials greeted them once they had crossed the border," added the statement.
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Taliban stop evacuation planes from leaving, reason unclear
World | Sep 06, 2021, 07:10 AM ISTThe U.S. promised to continue working with the new Taliban rulers to get those who want to leave out, and the militants pledged to allow anyone with the proper legal documents to leave.
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United States building "small cities'' at bases for Afghans
World | Sep 04, 2021, 02:51 PM ISTAir Force General Glen VanHerck, who heads US Northern Command, said there were over 25,000 Afghan evacuees being housed at the 8 bases as of Friday.
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US expects to admit more than 50,000 evacuated Afghans
World | Sep 04, 2021, 08:18 AM ISTTens of thousands of Afghans have already made it through security vetting and arrived in the U.S. to begin the process of resettlement.
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United Kingdom in talks with Taliban over further evacuations
World | Sep 01, 2021, 11:45 AM ISTIt comes after Taliban pledge to allow further departures. As per an official statement by the UK govt, over 17,000 people had been evacuated by the UK from Afghanistan so far.
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Final UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head home
World | Aug 29, 2021, 07:04 AM ISTThe UK govt said late Saturday that about 1,000 troops who ran an airlift of British nationals and Afghan civilians had departed from Kabul airport, hours after the final evacuation flight for civilians.
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Baby girl born on Afghan evacuee flight to UK
World | Aug 28, 2021, 10:10 PM ISTWhen the traditional cry of “Is there a doctor on the flight?” went unanswered on Saturday, Turkish Airlines staff helped 26-year-old Afghan Soman Noori give birth at 30,000 feet, Demiroren News Agency said.
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Afghanistan crisis: Final UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head home
World | Aug 28, 2021, 07:20 PM ISTBritain’s defense ministry said the final flight for Afghan citizens had left Kabul and further flights over the weekend will bring home British troops and diplomats, though they may also carry a few remaining U.K. or Afghan civilians.
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West allies fear Islamic terrorists might be among evacuees leaving Kabul for US, Europe
World | Aug 27, 2021, 08:06 PM ISTThere is growing concern among the western allies that Islamist terrorists may have successfully infiltrated the thousands of Afghans and other foreigners, and some of them may have actually boarded planes for Europe and the US.
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New Zealand says it was unable to bring everyone out of Afghanistan
World | Aug 27, 2021, 06:31 PM ISTPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday she is not yet sure how many people were left behind or whether they were New Zealand citizens, residents, or visa holders.
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Afghanistan crisis: Pakistan preparing to receive 4,000 evacuees
World | Aug 27, 2021, 05:55 PM ISTThe US embassy had requested the Pakistan government to help in the evacuation efforts ahead of the August 31 deadline to completely withdraw from Afghanistan to cap its longest foreign war, spanning over 20 years after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
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Germany ends evacuation mission from Kabul
World | Aug 27, 2021, 03:58 PM ISTDefense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said the last of the German military aircraft and troops arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday evening.
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Situation in Afghanistan is 'a crisis in a crisis': ICRC
World | Aug 27, 2021, 02:58 PM IST"There are no fights in Kabul fortunately, but there were fights in other regions, in other cities, and as we work in the whole country we were very concerned by the issues of fights," ICRC spokesperson said.
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Afghanistan-Taliban crisis: New Zealand completes Kabul evacuation
World | Aug 27, 2021, 01:55 PM ISTArdern said that no NZDF personnel were in Kabul at the time of explosions which occurred at the airport on Thursday as they had all safely departed on the final flight, reports Xinhua news agency.
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Afghanistan crisis: US says up to 1,500 Americans await airlift as threats grow
World | Aug 26, 2021, 10:08 PM ISTUntold thousands of at-risk Afghans are struggling to get into the airport even as many thousands of other Afghans already had been flown to safety in nearly two weeks of round-the-clock flights.
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Afghanistan crisis: Canada halts evacuations as deadline looms
World | Aug 26, 2021, 10:13 PM ISTCanada and European allies pressed for more time but lost the argument, and as a practical matter, they may be forced to end their evacuations a couple of days before the last American troops leave. Several countries haven’t said yet when they plan to end their operations, perhaps hoping to avoid yet another fatal crash at an airport that’s one of the last ways out of the country.
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Taliban will not allow evacuation of more Afghans; say foreign nationals can leave country
World | Aug 25, 2021, 12:26 PM ISTThe development comes after US President Joe Biden declared that he is sticking to his August 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
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India's evacuation mission from Afghanistan named "Operation Devi Shakti"
India | Aug 24, 2021, 07:25 PM ISTThe name of the operation was known when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar mentioned it in a tweet on Tuesday while referring to the arrival of a fresh batch of 78 evacuees in Delhi.
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India evacuates 78 people, including 25 Indians from Afghanistan
India | Aug 24, 2021, 11:35 AM ISTThe evacuees were received at the Indira Gandhi International Airport by Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and V Muraleedharan.
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Kabul airlift is accelerating but still hampered by chaos
World | Aug 23, 2021, 05:33 PM ISTBiden asserted, without a full explanation, that U.S. forces have managed to improve access to the airport for Americans and others seeking to get on flights. He suggested that the perimeter had been extended, widening a “safe zone.”