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Taliban rejects evacuation extension for foreign troops

FILE PHOTO: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator, and other delegation members attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

A Taliban spokesperson has confirmed the Taliban will not extend the 31 August deadline for the current evacuation mission.

Thousands of Afghans are trying to flee the country, a week after the Taliban seized control.

Earlier, the German military stated that a member of the Afghan security forces was killed by unidentified attackers at Kabul airport.

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