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Japan planes on standby near Afghanistan for evacuation, say officials

REUTERS Japanese military planes assigned to evacuate Japanese nationals from Afghanistan are now in a nearby country but moving them from Kabul airport does not mean Japan is ending its evacuation operation, Japanese government officials said on ..
Dozens of unaccompanied Afghan children evacuated to the United States

REUTERS About three dozen unaccompanied Afghan children have been placed in U.S. government custody after being evacuated from Afghanistan during the hurried U.S. withdrawal in recent weeks, U.S. officials told Reuters. The children arrived at ..
Anger, grief for family members of 13 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

REUTERS Steve Nikoui had been glued to TV reports on Thursday, desperate for hints his son, Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui, survived the deadly airport suicide bombing in Afghanistan when three Marines arrived at his door with the worst news possibl..
Kabul Airport Explosions Kill Four U.S. Marines, at Least 60 Afghans

LATEST: Another Huge Blast Heard In Kabul: AFP Staff A huge blast rocked Kabul early Friday, hours after a deadly twin bomb attack at the airport that was claimed by Islamic State. The new blast was heard by AFP staff. It was not im...
Don't abandon Afghanistan, pleads member of Afghan all-female robotics team

REUTERS A member of Afghanistan's all-female robotics team who has been flown to safety hopes the world will not forget her country as the United States and its allies rush to complete evacuations of their nationals and vulnerable Afghans. ..
Military aircraft with Afghan evacuees arrives in South Korea

REUTERS Nearly 400 evacuated Afghans arrived on Thursday in Seoul, where the government said it was amending the law to allow long-term stays for those who worked on South Korean projects in Afghanistan before the Taliban seized power th..
Qatar offering COVID vaccines to Afghanistan evacuees yet to transit

REUTERS Qatar is offering COVID-19 vaccines to evacuees from Afghanistan who are temporarily staying in the Gulf Arab state, which has been facilitating global evacuation efforts since the Taliban seized Kabul, the foreign ministry said on Thursda..
Afghan star Aryana Sayeed recounts harrowing escape from Kabul

REUTERS An Afghan singer who has used her international fame to amplify calls for women's rights wore an all-enveloping veil to escape her homeland as the Taliban took Kabul. Aryana Sayeed has divided her time between Turkey, Britain and Af..
Malala Yousafzai grateful to Qatar government for help in Afghan evacuations

Activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday said she was grateful for Qatar's role in evacuating people from Afghanistan, prompting a response from Qatar's Assistant Foreign Minister HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater. “Gr..

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