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A NATO source has said that the death toll since the start of the evacuation from the Afghan capital has risen to 20, Washington will use civilian companies to evacuate the evacuees from other countries.


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7 killed in chaos at Kabul airport, US evacuates civilians on civilian flights

A NATO source has said that the death toll since the start of the evacuation from the Afghan capital has risen to 20, Washington will use civilian companies to evacuate the evacuees from other countries.

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Sunday, 22 August 2021, 18:55 Updated: 20:47

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Seven people were crushed to death yesterday at the gates of Kabul airport - the British army announced today (Sunday) as Taliban fired into the air and beat people with batons to bring order to the entrance to the port in the Afghan capital, where long Turks of civilians desperate to flee the country.

At the same time, the United States will operate civilian airlines as part of the faltering evacuation operation.



"Conditions on the ground remain particularly challenging, but we are doing everything we can to take control of the situation in the safest and most secure way possible," the UK Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The Sky News network documented British soldiers spraying water on civilians in the port area today to prevent them from drying out from the heavy heat.



A NATO source said today that at least 20 people had been killed at and near the airport in the week since the fall of Kabul. Eyewitnesses said they had been shot or trampled to death. Of the foreign forces.

Managing chaos outside Kabul Airport is a complicated task. "

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Taliban fighters (Photo: Reuters)

The United States and other countries, including Britain, have deployed thousands of troops in Afghanistan to help evacuate foreign nationals and Afghan citizens who are in danger, but they are careful not to get into clashes with the Taliban.



British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today called for a summit of the leaders of the seven industrialized nations tomorrow, "to ensure safe evacuation, prevent a humanitarian crisis and support the Afghan people."

The White House has announced that President Joe Biden, who is facing harsh criticism from home over the management of the withdrawal, will attend the virtual summit.

He will speak tonight on the situation in Afghanistan, which the United States invaded after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

President of a burqa-clad Afghan in Kabul, today (Photo: AP)

Afghan civilians are flocking to Kabul airport, one of the country's last gateways, for fear of retaliation by the Taliban and a return to the rigid Islamic rule of law established by the extremist Sunni organization two decades ago. Taliban leaders have publicly sent reassuring messages since the fall of the pro-Western government, but many citizens find it hard to believe his conciliatory statements and the area is beginning to paint a disturbing picture of persecution of oppressors and oppression of women and minorities.



Those who managed to escape from the country, describe their feeling after leaving their loved ones behind and in light of the unknown future. "It was very difficult to leave my country," said one masked woman from Qatar. "I love my country."



The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have called for the construction of a humanitarian air bridge to provide assistance to more than 18 million people in need of assistance in Afghanistan.



Meanwhile, senior Taliban figures are holding talks with other political figures on the formation of a new government in this place of ousted President Ashraf Ghani, who fled to the United Arab Emirates.

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