Afghanistan:Merkel: “Very bitter development”
Chancellor Merkel makes a statement in Berlin on the situation in Afghanistan.
(Photo: Odd Andersen / AFP)
- Chancellor Merkel comments on the situation in Afghanistan.
- Foreign Minister Maas has admitted mistakes made by the Federal Government in assessing the situation in the country.
- Germany apparently wants to get around 10,000 people out of Afghanistan.
- The rescue of German citizens and Afghan local workers in Kabul has already begun.
- The airport, which is under US supervision, is the only way to escape. Thousands flock there, chaotic scenes take place. Eyewitnesses speak of at least five dead.
By Anna Ernst, Thomas Kirchner, Hannes Munzinger, Juri Auel and Philipp Saul
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