Germany may need to evacuate as many as 10,000 people from Afghanistan, Chancellor Angela Merkel told party colleagues on August 16, according to party sources.
Reuters: Merkel says Germany must evacuate 10,000 people from Afghanistan
Taliban fighters stand guard along a roadside near the Zanbaq Square in Kabul on Aug. 16, 2021 as the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded the insurgents had won the 20-year war.
