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Plumes of smoke or dust clouds rise above the Kabul skyline after a large explosion rocked the airport. It came after a warning by Western nations of an imminent terror threat and as thousands of people gathered hoping for a flight out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. IMAGES
Kabul, Aug 26 (EFE/EPA)-. A growing number of Western nations Thursday have warned their citizens and visa holders in Afghanistan to stay away from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul due to a “high threat” of a terrorist attack amid evacuation operations.The United States' Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the evacuation operations take place "in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the Taliban, with the very real possibility of an ISIS-K attack."Blinken reiterated the intention to meet the Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, but warned the Taliban that they must honor their commitments and "provide safe passage for anyone who wishes to leave the country – not just for the duration of our evacuation and relocation mission, but for every day thereafter." (Camera: AKHTER GULFAM).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
People line up to get their Covid-19 test results at Los Angeles International Airport following the opening of an on-site rapid testing lab Thursday. Over 25,000 people have died from Covid-19 in California, which became the second US state to detect the new variant -- after Colorado -- with a 30-year-old San Diego man testing positive. IMAGES
Passengers entering Ajaccio airport in Corsica, must now present authorities with documents certifiying they carried out a Covid test "less than 72 hours" before boarding. IMAGES
Rome (Italy), Aug 17 (EFE), (Camera: Álvaro Padilla).- Italy is fighting to prevent a second wave of coronavirus and to stop imported cases, which are a large proportion of new infections. Several major airports are already screening passengers arriving from countries considered at risk, including Spain, Greece, Croatia and Malta.FOOTAGE OF FIUMICINO AIRPORT, IN ROME, INCLUDING A PASSENGER STATEMENTTranslation: Claudio: "We've been waiting for about 2 hours. I think it's a fair measure, to put this kind of space inside the airport to be able to perform the tests. I've come from Ibiza."
Munich (Germany), Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Lukas Barth) The Airport in Munich has installed a coronavirus test centre. FOOTAGE OF THE AIRPORT AND THE CENTRE.
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