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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
Crowds of frantic people rush to Kabul airport to look for a way to leave the country after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in a lightning fast takeover. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says in an interview with AFP that it is 'essential' to keep Kabul airport open to 'get people out'. 'We will not forget them,' he says. SOUNDBITE
Fleeing Afghans are escorted by French military onto evacuation flights at Kabul airport as concern grows the Taliban are blocking Afghans from leaving the country. Tens of thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan since the hardline Islamist militants swept into the capital on Sunday, completing a stunning rout of government forces and ending two decades of war. IMAGES
Hundreds of fans are waiting near the Léopold-Sédar-Senghor international airport for the return of the AFCON Champions Senegal. IMAGES
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