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Afghan evacuees have been landing at the US military base in Ramstein for days.
"We are grateful for our allies, including Germany ... who are working with us in this global effort," Major General William Taylor said on Friday.
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The US evacuation flights had to be stopped briefly.
According to the US Department of Defense, the reason for this was that Qatar no longer had the capacity to handle the arrival of other travelers.
The evacuees were first brought there.
This Afghan girl has now been given a bag from the American Red Cross at the Ramstein military base.
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Afghan women look after a baby on the military base.
An Afghan woman gave birth to a baby shortly after fleeing Kabul - while she was still on board a US evacuation plane.
Her contractions and additional health complaints started on the way to the US base Ramstein in Germany, as the US Air Force transport command announced on Sunday.
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In Ramstein, the evacuated Afghans transfer to planes for the USA.
Photo: Airman Edgar Grimaldo / dpa
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A US soldier plays with children.
As of yesterday, around 58,000 Afghans had been evacuated, many of them family members of local staff, according to the White House.
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The Pentagon has hired 18 airlines to bring the evacuees to the United States, including: United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air, Atlas Air and Hawaiian Airlines.
Photo: Airman Edgar Grimaldo / US Air / imago images / ZUMA Wire
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A group of children laugh as a US soldier plays the guitar.
How many more people will be able to leave the country is unclear at this point in time.
The US wants to finish its evacuation mission by August 31st.
Photo: Matthias Schrader / AP
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