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Business News›News›Newsblogs›Afghanistan Taliban conflict LIVE News Updates: 7,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since August 14, says Pentagon
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Economic Times | 20 Aug, 2021 | 08.51AM IST
Afghanistan Taliban conflict LIVE News Updates: 7,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since August 14, says Pentagon
- Cumulatively, the number of people moved out of Afghanistan is somewhere near 12,000.
- US Embassy officials in Kabul warned of Taliban takeover in July
- 12.2 million people in Afghanistan acutely food insecure: UN
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