Afghanistan: Germany justifies evacuating just 7 on first Kabul flight
21 August 2021 |
10:45 am
German authorities have confirmed that a first Bundeswehr evacuation flight carried just seven people. But the Foreign Ministry said there were good reasons for that.
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