'Right now, we cannot call our families back home.' Afghans in Greece took to the streets of Athens to protest the Taliban takeover of the country while appealing to the international community to help their families back home.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a second press briefing with reporters on Thursday he had not received reports indicating American citizens are being stopped and harassed by the Taliban, but added a caveat.
The State Department on Wednesday directed American and Afghan evacuees to Hamid Karzai International Airport for departure flights but said the U.S. “cannot ensure safe passage” for them to get there.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Afghan ex-president Ghani ends up in UAE after fleeing KabulAshraf Ghani and his family are in the United Arab Emirates after the former Afghan president fled the country on Sunday following Taliban's capture of Kabul — UAE Foreign Ministry confirms
Weiterlesen »
Hundreds of Afghan security forces help at Kabul airport, U.S. saysWith more U.S. troops on the way, up to 600 members of Afghan security forces have helped provide security at Kabul's airport, the scene of chaotic evacuation efforts, even as Afghanistan's military and government has collapsed, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday.
Weiterlesen »
Afghan graduate student in US details her family's desperate attempt to escape Kabul'I really deserve, like any other human in this world, to live in peace and use my potential.'
Weiterlesen »
Afghan contractor details his family's escape from KabulJust 10 days ago, Ahmad and his family were living at home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Within a few short weeks of American troops’ departure, Ahmad’s home country of Afghanistan fell quickly to the Taliban, an Islamic military insurgent group. Ahmad said it took him a year and a half to get out of the country, and now it’s “impossible” for the thousands of other Afghans trying to escape.
Weiterlesen »
Marine’s uphill battle to rescue Afghan translator from KabulMarine Corps Maj. Thomas Schueman’s quiet street in Rhode Island is a world away from Afghanistan, but he remains steadfast in his mission.
Weiterlesen »