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Germany to cut Kabul embassy staff to 'absolute minimum'
As Taliban militants advance on the Afghan capital
13 August, 16:43
(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, AUG 13 - Germany is slashing staff
levels at its embassy in Kabul to an "absolute minimum", Foreign
Minister Heiko Maas said Friday as Taliban militants advance on
the Afghan capital. "We will reduce personnel of the German
embassy in Kabul in the coming days to the operative absolute
minimum," he told reporters. "We will send a crisis support team
to Kabul to help us boost security precautions" during the
evacuation. (ANSA-AFP).
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