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Afghans waited in the open near Kabul's airport on Friday as thousands of people try to flee Afghanistan's capital, as an intelligence document for the UN warned that the Taliban are going house-to-house searching for opponents and their families. IMAGES
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hails the EU parliament's adoption of a contentious asylum policy reform as a "huge achievement for Europe". The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly a decade in the making. SOUNDBITE
Men are seen sitting on the wall of the former US embassy and locals wave flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -- the name given to the country by its new rulers -- across the capital to celebrate the second anniversary of the Taliban government's takeover of the country. IMAGES
A group of 15 EU member states have agreed to take in 40,000 Afghan citizens for resettlement, Commissioner Ylva Johansson says after meeting interior ministers. Germany will accept the bulk of the new arrivals, with 25,000, with the Netherlands accepting 3,159, Spain and France 2,500, and other countries lower numbers, according to a document seen by AFP. SOUNDBITE
Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 7 (EFE / EPA) .- The Taliban on Tuesday resumed issuing passports under the name of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, despite the fact that after the seizure of power on August 15, the fundamentalist party refers to to the Asian country as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.FOOTAGE OF AFGHANS WAITING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THEIR PASSPORT IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Tehran (Iran), Oct 1 (EFE) .- (Camera: Marina Villén) They fled Afghanistan for fear of the Taliban and crossed illegally into Iran. They all have in common a traumatic displacement, a current situation of helplessness and the difficult goal of rebuilding their lives in a country overwhelmed by the large number of refugees.FOOTAGE OF AFGHAN FAMILIES THAT RECENTLY ARRIVED IN IRAN FLEEING FROM THE TALIBANS.SOUNDBITES FROM AZIZE DOR MOHAMAD AND NUR MOHAMAD AHMADÍ (MOTHERS OF THE TWO LEADING FAMILIES OF THE HISTORY).TRANSLATIONS (BY ORDER OF APPEARANCE):1: Azize dor Mohamad"We came without a passport, illegally, smuggled. We were on the road for 21 days, we were hungry and thirsty, for two whole days we had neither water nor bread."2: Nur Mohamad Ahmadi:"We were afraid. It was said that the Taliban come and kidnap the girls to marry them and that they take the boys to fight in the war."
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