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– I feel very insecure here. They fire shots into the air, a witness told AFP.
Both Afghans and foreign nationals have gathered at the airport.
On Sunday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani acknowledged that the Taliban had won. He made the statement after fleeing the country. The escape was necessary to prevent bloodshed, he said.
Has evacuated Danes and Norwegians
The Danish defense has evacuated a group of Danes and Norwegians from Afghanistan, Denmark’s Minister of Defense Trine Bramsen states.
– I can inform you that on Sunday night, under very difficult conditions, the Danish defense succeeded in evacuating a group of Danes and Norwegians out of Afghanistan. I currently have no further information about the operation, Bramsen wrote Twitter night to Monday.
Bramsen does not say how many have been evacuated.
Neither the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the Ministry of Defense in Norway could confirm the information to NTB at 1 o’clock Monday night.
The Ministry of Defense referred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which again stated that the ministry did not comment on details, for reasons of security.
Working hard
– We are now working hard to get our expatriates and local employees with their families out of Kabul, said Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H) early Sunday night.
– Our embassy is now completely closed and no longer staffed, she said at a press conference.
The Taliban’s entry into Kabul comes at a time when US and British forces have arrived at the city’s airport to help evacuate Western diplomats and citizens, as well as some local staff.
Danish decision
Bramsen said late Sunday night that Denmark a few days ago decided to send military aircraft to Afghanistan.
– Danish military aircraft are in the area around Afghanistan. The situation is very serious. It is difficult to operate, but it is extremely important to be able to evacuate that the Danish military aircraft are operational, Bramsen said.
Kabul Airport is only open to military aircraft. Bramsen could not state how many Danish aircraft there are or what type of aircraft there are.
Due to the security situation, she could not say where the planes were, and for the same reason it was unknown at the time when Danish embassy staff, their families and locally employed Afghans could be flown out of the country.
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