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Chaos at Kabul airport: French military Commander talks to FRANCE 24 • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 20 Aug 2021
More than 18,000 people have been flown out of #Kabul since the #Taliban took over #Afghanistan's capital, according to a NATO official, but thousands of people, desperate to flee the country, are still thronging the airport. Yannick Desbois, a French Military Commander at France's Airbase 104, spoke to FRANCE 24 and described how difficult it is at the moment to handle the influx of people and planes at the airport.

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