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Military evacuation flights continue from Kabul airport as international governments look to wrap up evacuations ahead of an August 31 deadline. About 109,000 people have been flown out of the country since August 14, the day before the Taliban swept to power, according to the US government. IMAGES
A group of Afghan athletes board a Qatar airways flight heading to Doha, the latest in a series of evacuations from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August. IMAGES
There are still 5,400 people inside Kabul airport awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, says General Hank Taylor at a Pentagon briefing, one day after a deadly attack on the operation by the Islamic State group. SOUNDBITE
Crowds of desperate Afghans wait outside Kabul airport in the hope of leaving the country following the Taliban's takeover of Kabul. According to an intelligence document for the UN, the insurgents are going house-to-house searching for opponents and their families, deepening fears Afghanistan's new rulers are reneging on pledges of tolerance. IMAGES
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
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.
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