Taliban forces sealed off Kabul's airport to most Afghans hoping for evacuation and most NATO nations flew out their troops after two decades in Afghanistan
The Taliban has deployed extra forces around Kabul's airport to prevent large crowds from gathering after a devastating suicide attack two days earlier, as the massive US-led airlift wound down ahead of an August 31 deadline.
No civilians were hurt in the attack which followed the suicide bombing, Major General Hank Taylor told a news conference. "We have lists from the Americans... if your name is on the list, you can come through," one Taliban official told AFP near the civilian passenger terminal of Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Many Western nations have already completed their evacuation operations ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for the withdrawal of all US forces. The airlift had to be stopped because "the security conditions were no longer being met at the airport", Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defence Minister Florence Parly said in the wake of Thursday's attack, which killed scores of Afghan civilians and 13 US troops.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that discussions were underway with the Taliban through Qatar to "protect and repatriate" Afghans at risk since this month's takeover by the group.
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