Kabul, August 28, 2021 – A “planner” of theIsis-K was killed today in a drone attack operated by the United States in Afghanistan. This was announced by Central Comand spokesman Bill Urban. In the first USA reaction toattack last Thursday at Kabul airport one of the ‘minds’ of the massacre that took place during the evacuation of the Afghan capital would therefore have been eliminated. The toll of the attack near the Abbey Gate is still provisional and speaks of over 170 victims, including 13 American soldiers. The risk of new attacks in the country remains high, underlined several times by experts.
Evacuations
The countdown for the end of operations in Afghanistan, set for 31 August, is running out. The evacuations at Kabul airport are continuing “at a fast pace”. A Western official who wished to remain anonymous explained that “a quick ride” will be offered to leave Afghanistan “in the next 48 hours”, ie by August 30, “to all foreigners” who want to.
The last Italian aircraft
And, again today, thelast Italian flight departed yesterday afternoon from Kabul with Afghan civilians on board, the consul Tommaso Claudi, the ambassador Pontecorvo and the Tuscania carabinieri. To wait for the Boeing 767 the Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. There were 110 people on board, including 58 evacuated Afghan citizens.
Di Maio
“We are the first EU country for evacuated Afghan citizens,” he stressed Di Maio in Fiumicino. “Phase two now begins in Afghanistan, in which our imperative must be not to abandon the Afghan people, the Afghan women, the Afghan girls,” she added. “There is great concern about terrorist threats.” And again: “Italy is working on an extraordinary G20 on Afghanistan, our goal is to arrive at a shared line on the future of the Afghan people at the G20 level”.
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