Afghanistan Evacuation Afghanistan: Taliban ban evacuation of Afghans amid massive security sweep
Kabul: A Taliban spokesperson has said their administration will not allow any more evacuations of Afghans until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left.
“The government has the responsibility to protect the people so this will be stopped until we get the assurance that their lives will not be endangered,” Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference as quoted by The Dawn.
More than 120,000 Afghans and dual nationals were evacuated up to August 31 when the last US-led troops withdrew, two weeks after the Taliban seized Kabul, reports The Dawn.
Hundreds more were allowed to leave on flights after that, but the last official evacuation by air was on December 1, the Pak newspaper reported.
Mujahid said the Taliban had received reports of thousands of Afghans “living in very bad conditions” in Qatar and Turkey.
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