German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said after today’s talks in Islamabad that Pakistan is directly affected by the crisis in Afghanistan, stressing that her country will continue to support the region, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the number of displaced from Afghanistan is between 10-15,000 people.
Maas added, in statements published by the German foreign ministry, that his country will monitor and implement projects, including border control, in addition to its financial commitments.
For her part, Merkel said she is discussing with European countries the possibility of a strong presence in Kabul on a temporary basis, and that she wants to complete the evacuation of the Afghans who worked with her country’s forces.
Interestingly, the Taliban imposed full control of Kabul International Airport today Tuesday after the last American plane left the airport, marking the end of the longest war in US history. Taliban vehicles traveled the only runway at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Heavily armed Taliban fighters marched through the hangars before dawn, passing some of the seven CH-46 helicopters the State Department used for evacuations before rendering them non-flyable.
For his part, British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab announced on Tuesday that only hundreds of British citizens remained. in Afghanistan, once the deadline for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan has expired.
“I know that the number of British citizens, for whom the Foreign...
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