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