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Afghanistan: Taliban urge Afghans to stay at Kabul airport

8/23/2021, 6:35:11 PM


Thousands of people at Kabul airport are still hoping for an evacuation. The Taliban seized the opportunity: with propaganda slogans they wanted to convince those waiting to stay in Afghanistan.

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The situation at the militarily secured international airport in Kabul remains confusing and chaotic.

In the morning, according to the Bundeswehr, there was a firefight between Afghan security forces and unknown attackers.

Thousands of Afghans continue to come in the hope of being able to leave the country.

Meanwhile, the Taliban are trying to influence the waiting people.

A local Taliban fighter, whose identity is unknown, asked them to stay in the country.

Taliban fighters »The Taliban fought against the Americans. You (the Taliban) fought the Americans on an empty stomach. I am Afghan, he is Afghan, you are all Afghans. Where is our identity? Where has our honor gone? Today we cannot do any work, we cannot make any money. We're not going to let the Americans stay here. You have to leave this place. Whether with a rifle or a pen, we will fight to the last breath. "

It has now been more than a week since the Taliban took Kabul. According to the Reuters agency, at least twenty people were killed in the chaos at the airport - in shootings or mass panics. Also on this Monday, a person died in a collision. In view of the chaotic conditions, there are already considerations to postpone the planned withdrawal of US troops and their allies by August 31. The Islamists do not want to agree to this and thus to an extension of the evacuations. And threatened consequences.

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