Evacuation flights from Kabul’s airport resumed on Tuesday after the tarmac and runway were cleared of crowds. The Taliban have declared the war in Afghanistan is over and a senior leader said the group would wait until foreign forces had left before creating a new government.
CGTN’s Sean Callebs reports.
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Joining the discussion:
- Victor Gao is Chair Professor at Beijing’s Soochow University.
- Torek Farhadi served as an adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and is currently a senior adviser with the International Trade Centre.
- Sumit Ganguly is a distinguished political science professor at Indiana University.
- Kamran Bokhari is director of Analytical Development at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy.
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The U.S. military restarted flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan, a day after the chaotic scenes at Kabul airport, where thousands desperate to flee the country following the Taliban takeover had crowded the runway https://t.co/QDPJxGAlM6 pic.twitter.com/wAmSTtffO8
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 17, 2021