BBCNEWS BBC News August 22, 2021 10:10:00
Because of this approaching deadline of the 31st of august, which is currently when the us is meant to start removing its troops from afghanistan. meaning evacuations from the airport will be pretty impossible without the us forces who are currently manning that airport there. he said that they are exploring these other routes as well. however, he did repeat a point that he got quite emotional about earlier this week, talking about that in his view no nation is going to be able to get everybody out in time. so it is going to be interesting to see how that plays out over the next couple of days...
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