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FRANCE 24 in Kabul: Taliban declare route to airport only open to foreigners • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 25 Aug 2021
A #Taliban spokesman on Tuesday declared the route to the #airport onnly open to foreigners, urged skilled Afghans to stop fleeing the country, and warned that it would not accept any extension of the August 31 deadline for evacuations. FRANCE 24's Senior Reporter Catherine Norris-Trent is one of the very few Western reporters currently in #Afghanistan. She reports on the growing tension near the airport.

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