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Some 245 French and foreign nationals evacuated from Sudan land at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport in a plane chartered by the French authorities. IMAGES
Afghan evacuees arrive at the military airport of Torrejon de Ardoz, in Spain. Spain has warnted that it will not be able to rescue all Afghans who served alongside its troops in Afghanistan because of the "dramatic" situation on the ground. IMAGES
A new flight carrying evacuees from from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan lands in Paris at midday. Some 2,000 French nationals and Afghans have been evacuated by France, via a military base in Abu Dhabi, since the Apagan military operation began a week ago, but French authorities say the mission will end on August 31 if the United States sticks to a plan to pull its troops. IMAGES
A UK military plane lands in Brize Norton with evacuees from Afghanistan onboard. The Taliban took effective control of the country Sunday when president Ashraf Ghani fled and the insurgents walked into Kabul with no opposition. It capped a staggeringly fast rout of Afghanistan's major cities in just 10 days, achieved with relatively little bloodshed, following two decades of war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. IMAGES
Rota, Aug 27 (EFE) (CAMERA: Juan Garcia) .- A second flight with approximately 400 evacuees from Afghanistan on board landed at 3:37 pm Friday at the Rota naval base in Cádiz, according to the United States Embassy in Spain.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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