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Seedorf (Germany), Sep 22 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Friedemann Vogel) The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, attended on Monday the tribute to the soldiers of the Kabul evacuation mission that was carried out in the headquarters of paratroopers in Seedorf in northern Germany. The airlift between the Afghan capital, Kabul, and the Uzbek city of Tashkent, was the largest ever carried out for the evacuation mission of the German Armed Forces.FOOTAGE OF THE TRIBUTE TO THE MISSION OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES THAT CARRIED OUT THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS FROM KABUL TO TASHKENT, AFTER THE TALIBAN TAKE OF POWER.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says in an interview with AFP that it is 'essential' to keep Kabul airport open to 'get people out'. 'We will not forget them,' he says. SOUNDBITE
As the UK winds up its operation to airlift civilians ahead of the August 31 deadline for US troop withdrawal as Taliban forces prepare to take over the airport, British ambassador to Afghanistan Laurie Bristow says nearly 15,000 British nationals, Afghan staff and others at risk have been evacuated from Kabul since "Operation Pitting" began. Britain hasn't "forgotten the brave, decent people of Afghanistan," Bristow says as British troops prepare to pull out, leaving several hundred Afghans otherwise eligible to fly to the UK behind. SOUNDBITE
Chantilly, Aug 25 (EFE/EPA).- Volunteers organized Wednesday aid donated by Americans for Afghans evacuated from Kabul, near the Exhibition Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Around 10,000 people are currently at Kabul airport trying to flee Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. (Camera: WILL OLIVER) SHOT LIST: VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZING DONATED AID FOR AFGHANS EVACUATED FROM KABUL IN CHANTILLY, VIRGNIA, US.
Washington, Aug 25 (EFE/EPA).- Afghans evacuated from Kabul arrived Wednesday at the Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia. Around 10,000 people are currently at Kabul airport trying to flee Afghanistan, the Pentagon has said. (Camera: WILL OLIVER)SHOT LIST: AFGHANS ARRIVING AT THE WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN CHANTILLY, VIRGINA, US.
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