Now playing Next Afghanistan French citizen recounts 'frantic' trip to Kabul airport for evacuation Victoria Fontan, a professor of peace and conflict studies at the American University of Afghanistan, said that for days she did not know if she would be able to make it to the airport. 25/08/2021
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Now playing Next Europe News 'EU must intervene before Afghan refugees arrive at external borders' Ylva Johansson said the European Union must support countries neighbouring Afghanistan to help them host displaced people fleeing the Taliban rule. 25/08/2021
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Now playing Next Germany German parliament to hold discussion on migration and relief plans As the countdown begins for next month's general election, German lawmakers will discuss issues such as the migrant crisis and natural disasters that are dominating the election campaign 25/08/2021
Now playing Next No Comment US Germany base transformed in evacuee hub Child evacuees from Afghanistan were on Tuesday entertained by U.S. soldiers at an air base in Germany where they are currently being hosted. 25/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan More than 10,000 people at Kabul airport awaiting evacuation Evacuations continue from Kabul airport, but Joe Biden has refused to delay the US withdrawal and the Taliban say Afghans will not be allowed to leave after August 31. 25/08/2021
Now playing Next Home Airbnb offers 20,000 Afghan refugees a place to stay The company's charitable arm and founder Brian Chesky will help fund the temporary accommodation "for as long as needed". 25/08/2021
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Now playing Next Afghanistan Biden sticks to Kabul withdrawal deadline rejecting Europe's appeals The US president insists the Kabul airlift will end by August 31, defying allied leaders who say Biden's self-imposed cutoff date allows insufficient time to complete evacuations. 25/08/2021
Now playing Next Germany Germany's Merkel vows party will fight as polls worsen Merkel's Union bloc has been sagging in polls for weeks. 24/08/2021
Now playing Next World News Euroviews. Afghan crisis shows the Balkans is a geopolitical backwater | View "Sadly, the Afghan episode does not offer any geopolitical wisdom or policy prescriptions for the Balkans and the people living there. It is just a painful acknowledgement that the region remains a geopolitical backwater on the Western periphery." 24/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan 'Credible reports' of Taliban executing civilians, says UN Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Tuesday her office had received “harrowing and credible” reports of human rights abuses by the Taliban in Afghanistan. 24/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghan author: 'The only thing the Taliban have learned is how to lie' Exiled Afghan writer and activist Nadia Ghulam on evacuations, life under the Taliban and a decade forced to live as a man. 24/08/2021
Now playing Next France French PM Castex meets Afghan refugees and vows to protect vulnerable "The Taliban will go and hunt our families, especially those who have a strong link with Western countries," one evacuee told French PM Castex. 24/08/2021