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The Afghan emblem remains connected the statesmanlike palace successful Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. The U.S. subject has taken implicit Afghanistan's airspace arsenic it struggles to negociate a chaotic evacuation aft the Taliban rolled into the capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest connected Afghanistan:

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called the country’s overseas curate to sermon the way guardant successful Afghanistan aft the Taliban’s swift takeover.

The ministry’s connection Tuesday quotes Shah Mahmood Qureshi arsenic telling Blinken by telephone that an “inclusive governmental colony was the champion mode forward” for resolving the existent governmental impasse.

Qureshi said Pakistan would stay intimately engaged with the U.S. and different planetary partners successful promoting efforts successful enactment of a peaceful and unchangeable Afghanistan.

The latest improvement comes hours aft Pakistan’s governmental and subject enactment called for a governmental colony of the struggle successful Afghanistan.

The Taliban person seized powerfulness successful Afghanistan 2 weeks earlier the U.S. was acceptable to implicit its unit withdrawal aft a costly two-decade war. A defiant U.S. President Joe Biden has stood by his determination to extremity America's longest war.

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The U.S.-led penetration of Afghanistan successful 2001 ousted the insurgents from power, but they ne'er left.

After they blitzed crossed the state successful caller days, the Western-backed authorities that has tally the state for 20 years collapsed. Afghans, fearing for the future, are racing to the airport, 1 of the past routes retired of the country.

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CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his authorities volition not beryllium capable to evacuate arsenic galore Afghans from Kabul arsenic helium wanted.

Australia is sending 3 transport and air-to-air refueling jets with 250 subject unit to repatriate much than 130 Australians and their families from Afghanistan.

Australia besides wants to evacuate hundreds of Afghans who had worked for Australian troops and diplomats successful roles specified arsenic interpreters.

Morrison said helium is optimistic that Australia’s evacuation cognition would win contempt the Taliban controlling Kabul.

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“I privation you to cognize that we volition proceed to bash everything we tin for those who person stood with us,” Morrison said successful a connection to 39,000 Australian subject unit who served successful Afghanistan.

He added that "support won’t scope each that it should.”

Foreign Minister Marise Payne said “several hundred” Afghans who had worked for Australia remained successful Afghanistan. Australia has resettled 430 since April.

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