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Afghanistan: Taliban agree to allow foreigners to leave country

Two hundred Americans and other aliens still in Afghanistan They are due to leave the war-torn country today on charter flights from Kabul after the new Taliban government agreed to remove them, a US official said.

The departures will be the first international flights departing from Kabul airport since Islamists seized power in Afghanistan in mid-August, causing the chaotic evacuation of 124,000 foreigners and Afghans.

The Taliban They were pressured to allow the men to leave by US special envoy Zalmai Khalilzad, the US official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The official was unable to say how many of those leaving are among those trapped in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif because their flights have not been allowed to depart.

Earlier this week, conflicting reports surfaced about the presence of hundreds of people, including Americans, trapped at Mazar-i-Sharif airport in northern Afghanistan, according to Marina Ligri, director of the non-governmental organization As non-governmental organization .

Six hundred to 1,300 people are trying to leave Afghanistan, including 19 Americans, with the help of this NGO and other organizations, she said.

However, on Tuesday, during a visit to Qatar, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had assured that there was no “hostage situation” in Mazar-i-Sharif.

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