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20/08/2021 06:06 GMT : The desperate scramble to leave Afghanistan

The desperate scramble to leave Afghanistan

BBC World Service - Newsday, The desperate scramble to leave Afghanistan

The United States says it has evacuated 7000 people in the past five days.

The US says it's intensified its evacuation efforts from Afghanistan flying thousands more people out of Kabul...  We'll go there live.

We also ask if Russia is planning to have a role in Afghanistan more than thirty years after Soviet troops withdrew from the country.

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