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Afghanistan: Twin bomb attacks hit Kabul airport amid evacuation
Warning: This report contains distressing images.
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Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi on her ‘lucky’ escape from Kabul
The evacuation deadline is felt keenly by those racing to get friends and family out of Kabul.
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Afghanistan: Seven further deaths at Kabul airport as thousands wait to escape
Another seven people have been killed in the panicked scenes around Kabul airport, with tens of thousands of people still desperate to escape Taliban controlled Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: US advises citizens to avoid Kabul airport amid crush reports
Thousands of people are still crowded outside the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, fearing time is running out to escape the Taliban.
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The fall of Kabul
In today’s episode, we chat with our International Editor about where this leaves the West’s status as defenders of freedom and liberty, and we ask, what was the point of the last 20 years of bloodshed?
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Afghanistan: Several people reported killed at Kabul airport as Afghans try to flee Taliban takeover
It’s a chilling image – dozens of people so desperate to escape Afghanistan that they cling to a US plane as it moves along the runway.
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Kabul falling to the Taliban “looks increasingly likely”, says Labour MP Dan Jarvis
I’ve also been speaking to the Labour MP and mayor of South Yorkshire, Dan Jarvis.
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Taliban inflicting ‘psychological torture’ on Afghan people, Kabul journalist says
We were joined by Bilal Sarwary, an Afghan journalist who is currently in the capital Kabul.
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Taliban taking control of 3rd largest Afghanistan city – closing in on Kabul
The onward march of the Taliban continues, as a series of key cities have fallen to their control in a week of heavy fighting, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, fearing a return to the insurgents’ brutal and repressive regime. As of this morning, Taliban-controlled areas included eight provincial capitals it had taken…
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63 killed in Kabul hotel blast
In Afghanistan, another bomb attack and yet again scores killed. This time the venue was a wedding in the western suburbs of Kabul.
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Dozens killed in suicide bombing in Kabul
Almost 50 people have been killed and scores wounded after a suicide bomb attack on students preparing for university exams in the Afghan capital Kabul. It comes at a time of increased tension in the country, with Taliban forces conducting a wave of attacks on military bases and in the eastern city of Ghazni. We speak to…
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Journalists killed in Kabul bombings
Two bombs in the Afghan capital have left at least 25 people dead. Many of those killed were journalists who police say were deliberately targeted while covering the first explosion. Among them was Shah Marai who was the chief photographer for the French news agency AFP in Kabul. Our international editor Lindsey Hilsum reports.
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At least 57 killed and more than 100 wounded in Kabul bombing
At least 57 people have been killed and more than 100 others were wounded in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul. Warning – this report contains graphic images from the scene of the blast.
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Soldiers killed in attack on Kabul army base
Militants have attacked an army base near a military academy in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least 11 soldiers. Sixteen other Afghan soldiers were injured at the Marshal Fahim military academy. It is the third major attack in a spate of violence in the city. Nine days ago, an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel…
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At least 30 dead in Kabul hotel attack
At least 30 people – including 14 foreigners – are now known to have been killed during last night’s attack on a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul.