Afghanistan–Soviet Union relations

The fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the chaotic international evacuation effort shows that Europe needs to develop its own military capacity independent of the United States, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell argues.

Some 357 people, including 16 infants, evacuated from Afghanistan's capital Kabul arrived in Istanbul on Aug. 22. 

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They were first taken to Pakistan on a Turkish Air Force transport plane and then brought to Istanbul on a Turkish Airlines flight.

Afghanistan opened the latest in a series of air cargo trade corridors on Jan. 9 with the inauguration of a route linking the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif with Istanbul and destinations in Europe.