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The Taliban Take Control And Commercial Flights To Kabul Suspended

There were scenes of panic in Kabul airport yesterday as residents stormed the airport attempti...

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08.55 17 Aug 2021


The Taliban Take Control And Commercial Flights To Kabul Suspended


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08.55 17 Aug 2021


There were scenes of panic in Kabul airport yesterday as residents stormed the airport attempting to flee the country.  It comes as the Taliban took control of the city and the country with commercial flights to Kabul suspended.  We get reaction to the ongoing situation in Kabul from Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and Shafiq Hamdam is an Ex Senior Advisor to NATO and a former Deputy Senior Advisor to former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani who is now based in Washington.

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