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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says he would visit Ankara "in the near future" to push Sweden's membership bid, following the re-election of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Exactly when is not yet decided," the US-led defence alliance's Secretary General adds. SOUNDBITE
Tehran (Iran), Oct 1 (EFE) .- (Camera: Marina Villén) They fled Afghanistan for fear of the Taliban and crossed illegally into Iran. They all have in common a traumatic displacement, a current situation of helplessness and the difficult goal of rebuilding their lives in a country overwhelmed by the large number of refugees.FOOTAGE OF AFGHAN FAMILIES THAT RECENTLY ARRIVED IN IRAN FLEEING FROM THE TALIBANS.SOUNDBITES FROM AZIZE DOR MOHAMAD AND NUR MOHAMAD AHMADÍ (MOTHERS OF THE TWO LEADING FAMILIES OF THE HISTORY).TRANSLATIONS (BY ORDER OF APPEARANCE):1: Azize dor Mohamad"We came without a passport, illegally, smuggled. We were on the road for 21 days, we were hungry and thirsty, for two whole days we had neither water nor bread."2: Nur Mohamad Ahmadi:"We were afraid. It was said that the Taliban come and kidnap the girls to marry them and that they take the boys to fight in the war."
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
Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Zurab Kurtsikidze) A NATO Boeing C-17 military transport plane evacuated 35 Dutch citizens from Kabul to Tbilisi, 16 people with Belgian passports, two Germans and two British.
NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance had been surprised by the speed of the Taliban victory in Afghanistan but blamed Afghan leaders for the "tragedy". SOUNDBITE
Images of the NATO headquarters as NATO holds an urgent meeting on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan after the US said it was sending troops to evacuate its nationals, diplomats and officials. IMAGES