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Taliban Finally Allows ‘Westerners,’ Including Americans, To Board Commercial Flight Out Of Kabul

Emily Zanotti
Taliban Finally Allows ‘Westerners,’ Including Americans, To Board Commercial Flight Out Of Kabul
MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES / Contributor via Getty Images

The Taliban agreed, Thursday, to allow commercial flights of 200 “westerners,” including some Americans, to depart from Kabul airport — the first such departures since the United States pulled out of Afghanistan last month.

“Scores” of westerners boarded Qatar Airlines flights to Doha, Qatar, according to The Associated Press, and at least 200 more individuals are expected to be allowed to leave, though it is not clear whether any of those evacuees will be Afghan nationals with special visas or green cards.

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