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Evacuation
US and British soldiers assist evacuating US citizens stuck in Afghan as the US force bases. The Taliban has blocked the entrance to the Kabul airports. Taliban only allows US-Taliban related expats to be escorted to the Kabul airports. The rest of the local Afghan citizens are not so lucky. There was a shocking footage where Afghan citizens fell off US transport planes from clinging on top of the plane. Experts anticipate a more systemic control after most US entities have been evacuated and currently Taliban is having a conversation with former Afghan president regarding forming a new government.
Discussion on the role of Nato
There were discussion between the UN whether US should extend its timetable of troops withdrawal meanwhile UK and US have sent aircrafts to continue evacuating UK, US, and eligible entities. However, it has become difficult for families to gather at the Kabul airport due to Taliban checkpoints all over the places. EU proposes to reestablish it maritime influence in the regions because it seems to be a mistake to put all eggs in the US buckets. Johnson has criticised the whole US withdrawal a simple political gesture for its slogan of “End the forever war”.
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