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Afghanistan

Australia Urgently Evacuates Afghans Threatened by Taliban

2021-08-14

[AnNahar] Australia is working urgently with the United States to evacuate the last Afghans who helped Australian troops and diplomats as Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Lions of Islam make rapid territorial gains across Afghanistan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday.

Australia shut its Kabul embassy in May and withdrew the last of its troops in June as U.S. and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
forces pulled out of the Afghanistan conflict after 20 years.

Morrison said Australia since April has resettled 400 Afghans and their families who would be in danger from the Taliban because they worked for Australia.

Morrison did not say how many more Afghans will be resettled in Australia under a program that has been shrouded in secrecy.

"We have made a lot of ground on this issue in the last few months. We'll continue to do that. We're liaising very closely with particularly the United States and others who are engaged in that area," Morrison said.

"We'll continue to implement that program with a great sense of urgency in partnership with those who also are engaged in similar activities in that region," he added.

Morrison described the Taliban gains as "not surprising."

"But it is concerning and it is very upsetting," Morrison said.

More than 39,000 Australian military personnel have served in Afghanistan since 2001, and 41 have been killed there.

Asked what his message was to Australians who question whether the 20-year campaign was worth the sacrifice, Morrison replied: "Fighting for what you believe in is always worth it."

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