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Author: Reuters

The US and Germany are telling their citizens in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport, citing security risks as thousands of desperate people gathered trying to flee almost a week after Taliban Islamists took control.

Mullah Baradar, the Taliban's co-founder, arrived in the Afghan capital for talks with other leaders on Saturday. The group is trying to hammer out a new government after its forces swept across the country as US-led forces pulled out, with the Western-backed government and military collapsing.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/afghanistan-crisis-deteriorates-as-us-admits-it-s-fighting-against-both-time-and-space.html
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Author: Finn Hogan.

A Defence Force Hercules is en route to Afghanistan to evacuate New Zealand's stranded citizens - but one Kiwi journalist with a first-hand view of the Taliban takeover won't be aboard when it returns. 

Charlotte Bellis has been on the ground in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul reporting for Al Jazeera and told Newshub Nation she will remain there to hold the city's new rulers to account.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/kiwi-journalist-charlotte-bellis-won-t-evacuate-afghanistan-despite-taliban-takeover.html
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Author: Lisette Reymer

The lockdown woes of New Zealand are being felt 18,000 kilometres away.

In London, where there are thousands of new cases every day, but no restrictions, there are now growing concerns that the Kiwi outbreak will affect emergency applications for MIQ slots.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/coronavirus-concern-among-kiwis-in-london-about-impact-of-new-zealand-outbreak.html
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Author: NZ Herald

A horrifying video of the Taliban carrying out an execution of an Afghan police chief is in direct conflict with their promise to keep the peace and not seek retribution.

Haji Mullah Achakzai, who served in the Afghan Armed Forces, was employed as the police chief of the Badghis province near the city of Herat when he was captured by the Taliban.

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/fall-of-afghanistan-taliban-execute-police-chief-despite-promising-no-retribution/NUIBXKRAVBPZABZSM7SGTWQR2M/
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Author: Thomas Manch

The first New Zealanders have been evacuated from Kabul’s international airport, and four Defence Force soldiers are on the ground in Afghanistan.

The Government’s mercy mission to rescue an increasing tally of New Zealand citizens – 161 as of Friday – and Afghan allies in Afghanistan has yet begin in earnest. But one New Zealand family had been evacuated by a “partner government” to Europe, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126135806/first-new-zealand-family-evacuated-from-kabul-four-defence-force-soldiers-on-the-ground
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Author: Zane Small

The Defence Force already has four personnel on the ground in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, who will help to establish a New Zealand presence at the airport and begin evacuations. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans on Monday to send a C-130 Defence Force plane to the Middle East to bring back an estimated 53 Kiwis and 37 Afghan nationals who have assisted New Zealand, along with their families. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/08/afghanistan-how-new-zealand-defence-force-plans-to-get-inside-chaotic-kabul.html
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Author: Zane Small

Authorities across the Tasman have discovered video of the Christchurch terror attack continues to be downloaded by dozens of Australians. 

A counter-terrorism probe by the Australian Federal Police found that almost three quarters of the most popular extremist content being shared online was classified as extreme right-wing, and most of it was linked to the 2019 attack on mosques in New Zealand. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/08/christchurch-terror-attack-video-still-being-downloaded-by-dozens-of-australians-authorities-find.html
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Author: Reuters

Protests against the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan have spread to more cities, including the capital Kabul, while the militant group called on the country's imams to urge unity at Friday prayers, the first since they seized control.

Several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd in Asadabad in the eastern province of Kunar, a witness said. Another witness reported gunshots near a rally in Kabul, but they appeared to be Taliban firing into the air.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/protests-against-taliban-takeover-spread-across-afghanistan.html
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