(25 Aug 2021) Two planes carrying evacuees from Afghanistan landed in Belgium on Wednesday after the Taliban swiftly took over the country.
The planes touched down in Melsbroek, and families wearing masks stepped off the plane and were transferred to buses.
The United States President Joe Biden has insisted on sticking to an August 31 Afghanistan withdrawal date that will shut down a frantic international evacuation effort from Taliban rule.
Britain and other allies, many of whose troops followed American forces into Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, had urged Biden to keep American forces at the Kabul airport longer.
No country would be able to evacuate all their citizens and at-risk Afghan allies by the Aug. 31 deadline, allied officials had said.
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