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Friends in need: praise for Georgia and Azerbaijan for their role in the evacuation of Kabul
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Friends in need: praise for Georgia and Azerbaijan for their role in the evacuation of Kabul

28 August 2021
Both Georgia and Azerbaijan have been providing essential transit support for the evacuation from Kabul airport. 120 Azerbaijani soldiers returned back from Afghanistan on Friday (27 August) having been part of the defence of Kabul airport until the end. A larger Georgian contingent returned from the north of the country recently.
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Afghanistan's “pandora's box” opens and out comes ISIS-K
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Afghanistan's “pandora's box” opens and out comes ISIS-K

27 August 2021
Very few people had heard of them before, but following the heinous attacks in the last twenty four hours against civilians crowding at the gates of Kabul airport in a desperate attempt to leave the country, everyone is talking about ISIS-K. More than ninety people died in the attacks, and many more were injured.
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Slow progress in Yemen despite "rare international consensus"
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Slow progress in Yemen despite "rare international consensus"

24 August 2021
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths warned on Monday (23 August) at a Security Council session that 5 million Yemenis are on the brink of famine. The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, called the Houthis to accept a ceasefire without pre-conditions.