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Images of the area where an Afghan military plane crashed in the southern Uzbekistan province of Surkhondaryo. An AFP correspondent that visited the crash site in the Sherabad district some 180 kilometres from Termez city saw several dozen soldiers from the Uzbek army help clear up debris from the two planes that was carted away by trucks. Police did not allow journalists to film at the site, where much of the earth was scorched. IMAGES
The United States will send troops to the international airport in Afghanistan's capital Kabul to pull out US embassy staff as the Taliban makes rapid gains, State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Images of Afghan forces at Bagram after US and NATO troops left the biggest air base in Afghanistan, signalling the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the country was imminent after two decades of war. IMAGES
Herat, Jun 9 (EFE/EPA).- Afghan contractors, working for Italian soldiers of NATO's Resolute Support Mission (RSP), protested Wednesday to demand security after the withdrawal of Italian soldiers from Camp Arena, outside the Independent Human Rights Comission, in Herat.Thousands of Afghans have worked as interpreters, security guards and contractual workers for the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan over the years. Hundreds of these employees have held protests in different parts of the country demanding special visas to be evacuated from the country, citing the risk of being attacked. An overnight militant attack has killed at least 10 Afghan civilians who worked for a land mine clearance project in the volatile northern province of Baghlan, an official said on Wednesday. (Camera: JALIL REZAYEE). SHOT LIST: AFGHAN CONTRACTORS, WORKING FOR ITALIAN SOLDIERS OF NATO'S RESOLUTE SUPPORT MISSION (RSP), GATHER TO PROTEST AND DEMAND SECURITY AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF ITALIAN SOLDIERS FROM CAMP ARENA, OUTSIDE THE INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMISSION, IN HERAT, AFGHANISTAN.
Helmand, May 5 (EFE/EPA).- At least 106 Taliban fighters were killed and another 37 injured over the last 24 hours in a counterattack by the security forces in Afghanistan's southwestern Helmand province in response to an ongoing large-scale attack by the insurgents since the weekend. The Taliban have significantly ramped up attacks across the country immediately after the United States and NATO forces began the last phase of their pull out of the country on May 1. (Camera: WATAN YAR).SHOT LIST: CITIZENS LEAVE THE CITY OF HELMAND AFTER ONGOING ATTACKS BY INSURGENTS IN HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN.