Afghanistan Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia take positions against a Taliban regime
US Joe Biden still hopes to finish evacuations from Afghanistan on August 31
Chaos
continues
at Kabul airport
.
This morning there was a shooting at one of the access doors between unidentified armed men, Western security forces and
Afghan
guards
, according to the German army.
Thousands of citizens crowd there to try to flee Afghanistan a week after the Taliban seized control of the country.
One Afghan has died and three others have been wounded in a battle that also involved US and German security forces.
It has not yet been specified whether or not the deceased Afghan was from the Taliban group.
8.07 Japan will send military aircraft for evacuations from Afghanistan
The Government of
Japan
has announced that it will send planes of its armed forces to Afghanistan to evacuate personnel from its embassy and Japanese settled in the country.
12 members of the Japanese diplomatic delegation in
Kabul
were evacuated last week to Istanbul - where they installed a temporary office - aboard a military plane from a third country, but the Asian country will now send its own aircraft to participate in the
evacuation
of more mission staff and others.
8.03 Tension continues at Kabul airport: Afghan dies in shootout with Western forces
This Monday there was a shooting at one of the access gates of the
Kabul airport
between unidentified armed men, Western security forces and Afghan guards, according to the German army.
Thousands of citizens crowd there to try to flee the country.
One Afghan has died and three others have been wounded in a battle that also involved US and German security forces.
It has not yet been specified whether or not the deceased Afghan was from the Taliban group.
7.50 The US will reinforce its evacuation operation in Afghanistan
The chaotic race to help thousands flee
the Taliban
regime
in
Afghanistan
will receive reinforcements as the United States ordered commercial airlines to support the evacuation.
For his part, US President
Joe Biden
has suggested that the evacuation could be extended beyond the August 31 deadline depending on the progress of operations.
The US military has already evacuated some 30,300 people since the Taliban entered Kabul and seized control of Afghanistan on August 15, following a quick defeat by government forces.
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