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The United States has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan which is on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country’s new rulers, the Taliban says.
Opinion
The Taliban has named an interim government for Afghanistan. After Australia’s involvement in a 20-year war against them, Donald Rothwell examines how the Morrison government now engages.
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The Afghan arm of Islamic State – enemies of the Taliban – has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings which killed dozens of civilians and 13 US military personnel at Kabul airport, saying it targeted “translators and collaborators with the American army”.
The Morrison Government says Australia will rescue people from Afghanistan for as long as it can before the United States’ deadline expires.
The Taliban have fired in the air and used batons to force people desperate to flee Afghanistan to form orderly queues outside Kabul airport, a day after seven people were killed in a crush at the gates.
Only 26 people boarded Australia’s first evacuation flight from Afghanistan yesterday, with claims the Taliban may be blocking Afghans from getting to Kabul airport.
