BREAKING: French prime minister says France will no longer be able to evacuate people from Kabul airport after Friday night.
August 26, 2021 GMT
LONDON — The British government says large numbers of people hoping to leave Afghanistan remain outside Kabul airport, despite warnings to leave because of the risk of a suicide bombing. Heappey conceded that people are desperate to leave and “there is an appetite by many in the queue to take their chances, but the reporting of this threat is very credible indeed and there is a real imminence to it.”PARIS — France’s prime minister says his country will no longer be able to evacuate people from Kabul airport after Friday night.
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