More than 18,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital, a NATO official said on August 20, pledging to redouble evacuation efforts as criticism of the West’s handling of the crisis mounted.
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Reuters: NATO pledges to speed evacuations from Afghanistan as criticism mounts
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.
