A violence-marred air evacuation from Kabul airport is drawing to a close, leaving behind thousands of Afghans who worked with the West who are concerned about the threat of further bloodshed
Evacuees board a US Air Force flight at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 24, 2021.
But having failed to anticipate that the Taliban would so quickly conquer the country, Washington and its NATO allies were forced into a hasty evacuation. They will leave behind thousands of Afghans who helped Western countries and might have qualified for evacuation but did not make it out in time. Two US officials told the news agency Reuters that evacuations would continue on Monday, prioritising people deemed at extreme risk. Other countries have also put in last-minute requests to bring out people in that category, the officials said.
The rockets followed a massive Daesh suicide bombing outside the teeming airport gates on Thursday, which killed scores of Afghans and 13 US troops.
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