Military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan resumed early on August 17 after the runway at Kabul airport was cleared of people desperate to flee after the Taliban seized the capital.
Evacuation Flights Resume As Exodus From Kabul Continues
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Afghans line up outside the French Embassy in Kabul on August 17 seeking visas and permission to get on a military flight to leave Afghanistan.
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Afghans sitting outside the French Embassy in Kabul on August 17 waiting to leave Afghanistan.
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Afghans line up to apply for visas outside the Iranian Embassy in Kabul on August 17.
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A British Royal Air Force transport plane takes off from RAF Brize Norton in southern England, on August 17. Britain is sending 900 soldiers back to Afghanistan over the coming days to help with repatriations and evacuations. British officials were aiming to take up to 1,500 people from Afghanistan a day.
