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Afghan refugees in India's New Delhi demand rights outside UNHCR

Around 300 Afghan refugees in New Delhi shout slogans demanding human rights and resettlement by UN Agencies.

Afghanistan

Euroviews. China isn't interested in a power grab in Afghanistan | View

China doesn't want a power grab in Afghanistan, it's more interested in regional stability, argue Lukas Fiala and Hugo Jones.

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Hundreds rally in Paris in support of Afghan people

Hundreds of people including many Afghans demonstrate in Paris to call for more "solidarity" with the Afghan people, a week after the Taliban takeover there.

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Women in Istanbul rally for Afghan women

Turkish women rally in front of the Afghan consulate in Istanbul, chanting "You will never walk alone" in support of Afghan women, after the Taliban seized control of Afganistan.

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Austria

Austrian chancellor says he's against taking in more Afghan refugees

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that his country had already taken in enough refugees from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Tony Blair: Afghanistan withdrawal is 'tragic and unnecessary'

"The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours," former UK PM Tony Blair wrote.

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Ursula von der Leyen says it is a 'moral duty' to help Afghans

“This resettlement of vulnerable people is of utmost importance,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. “It is our moral duty.”

United Kingdom

Hundreds protest in UK against hasty Afghanistan exit

The protesters are angry at the Taliban takeover and the fast western withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

IS threat forces US changes to evacuations at Kabul airport

Potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul, a US official told AP.

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People in London protest to show solidarity with the people of Afghanistan

People gather in central London to protest the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban and to show solidarity with Afghans.

Afghanistan

'They shot my wife': Afghan man recounts how his family tried to flee

Euronews spoke with several Afghan citizens in Kabul this week as well as Taliban fighters.

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'No one asked where we are going': Afghans reach Pakistan border

Once a journey with stops and checks by the previous Afghan authorities, the escapees say, "now there is no one asking us questions."

Afghanistan

US Pentagon orders commercial airlines to help Kabul evacuations

Western countries are conducting a dangerous evacuation operation at the Kabul airport as they rushed to get people out of the country before US troops leave on August 31.

Afghanistan

Activists plea for help to assist Afghans stuck in the country

Thousands continue to wait outside Kabul International Airport for a chance to flee the country nearly a week after the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Biden says Afghanistan evacuations 'not without risk of loss'

US President Joe Biden said the US mission was to evacuate Americans and their allies from Afghanistan.

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Troops fire in air to control crowds at Kabul airport

Afghan soldiers fired in the air and pushed crowds gathered at the entrance of Kabul airport away as desperate Afghans tried to leave the country in the wake of last week's stunning Taliban takeover.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan is 'full of disappointment, fear and hopelessness'

"Whoever I talk to is not optimistic at all. There is no hope for a better future under Taliban control."

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Afghans on Facebook can now conceal their identities from the Taliban

Facebook users in Afghanistan can now lock their accounts with one click amid fears of Taliban reprisals.

Afghanistan

Analysis: Why did Kabul fall so easily into the Taliban’s hands?

Euronews' Masoud Imani Kalesar looks at the small print in Afghanistan's recent history to give us some ways to understand the recent developments.

Poland

Political spat leaves Afghans trapped on Polish-Belarusian border

A Polish humanitarian group has demanded the group, which includes a teenage girl and several sick people, be allowed to claim asylum in their country.