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Added on the 31/01/2020 15:05:54 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Kabul residents disembark from an air force plane at a Royal Air Force airfield in Brize Norton, southern England, after being evacuated from Afghanistan. IMAGES
A UK military plane lands in Brize Norton with evacuees from Afghanistan onboard. The Taliban took effective control of the country Sunday when president Ashraf Ghani fled and the insurgents walked into Kabul with no opposition. It capped a staggeringly fast rout of Afghanistan's major cities in just 10 days, achieved with relatively little bloodshed, following two decades of war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. IMAGES
Evacuees from Afghanistan disembark from a UK military plane which landed in Brize Norton. The Taliban took effective control of the country Sunday when president Ashraf Ghani fled and the insurgents walked into Kabul with no opposition. It capped a staggeringly fast rout of Afghanistan's major cities in just 10 days, achieved with relatively little bloodshed, following two decades of war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. IMAGES
A plane carrying some 200 French nationals from Wuhan, China - the epicentre of an epidemic caused by the new coronavirus - lands shortly before 12.30 p.m. CET at the Istres military base, around 60 kilometres from Marseille. IMAGES
The boat bringing the body recovered from the wreckage of a plane carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in the Channel docks in southern England. IMAGES of the boat
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.