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Added on the 18/08/2021 02:45:41 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A UK military plane lands in Brize Norton with evacuees from Afghanistan onboard. The Taliban took effective control of the country Sunday when president Ashraf Ghani fled and the insurgents walked into Kabul with no opposition. It capped a staggeringly fast rout of Afghanistan's major cities in just 10 days, achieved with relatively little bloodshed, following two decades of war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. IMAGES
Kabul residents disembark from an air force plane at a Royal Air Force airfield in Brize Norton, southern England, after being evacuated from Afghanistan. IMAGES
Evacuees from Sudan disembark from an RAF plane following their arrival at Larnaca International Airport. Around 4,000 Britons with dual nationality and 400 with UK-only passports are in Sudan, according to the British government. IMAGES
Afghan evacuees arrive at the military airport of Torrejon de Ardoz, in Spain. Spain has warnted that it will not be able to rescue all Afghans who served alongside its troops in Afghanistan because of the "dramatic" situation on the ground. IMAGES
A plane lands on the tarmac at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport with the first 45 people exfiltrated from Kabul by France on board. IMAGES
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