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Kabul airlifts resume following airport attack

Final evacuations are underway before a Taliban deadline for foreign troops to leave Afghanistan.

Final evacuations are underway before a Taliban deadline for foreign troops to leave Afghanistan. Airlifts resumed after a suicide bomb and gun attack left at least 90 people dead at Kabul airport.

Also in the programme: how air pollution increases the risk of mental illness.

Photo: People boarding a British military transport plane at Kabul airport. Credit: UK Ministry of Defence.

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  • Fri 27 Aug 202113:06GMT

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