France expects to end Afghanistan evacuations in coming hours or days - government spokesperson

Record ID: 1633661

  • Title: France expects to end Afghanistan evacuations in coming hours or days - government spokesperson
  • Date: 25th August 2021
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AUGUST 24, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE AREA NEAR AIRPORT SET UP BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION (NGO) TO HELP THOSE TRYING TO LEAVE VARIOUS OF BAGGAGE LOADED ON WHEELBARROWS, CHILDREN LOOKING ON PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE AIRPORT
  • Embargoed: 8th September 2021 14:16
  • Keywords: Afghanistan France Taliban evacuation extension
  • Location: PARIS, ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, FRANCE/ KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • City: PARIS, ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, FRANCE/ KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA006ERS3Y9Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:France will push on with evacuation operations from Afghanistan as long as possible but will likely end these operations in the coming hours or days ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday (August 25).
    Western nations rushed to complete the evacuation of thousands of people from Afghanistan on Wednesday as the Aug. 31 deadline for the withdrawal of foreign troops drew closer with no sign that the country's new Taliban rulers might allow an extension.
    Talks between leaders of the Group of Seven industrialised nations on Tuesday (August 24) resulted in no extension.
    Attal added he could not currently give a precise deadline as to when France's Afghanistan evacuations would end.
    (Production: Noemie Olive, Dominique Vidalon, Yiming Woo)
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