Afghanistan

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan in a phone call, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Aug. 28.

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Çavuşoğlu also had a separate phone call with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

Ljubljana/Kabul – The Defence Ministry is striving to get out of Afghanistan the remaining Afghan national of the two who had assisted the Slovenian troops and his family. After a number of attempts to get them safely to Kabul airport, this evacuation route is no longer possible in light of the escalating security situation, but other options are being considered.

In that situation, the security of American forces in Afghanistan depends on those who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, after which the United States, together with its NATO allies, maintained the security of that country for almost two decades.

The UN refugee agency is gearing up for as many as half a million people or more to flee from Afghanistan in a "worst-case scenario" in the coming months, AP reports.

UNHCR says the situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover last week "remains uncertain and may evolve rapidly," with up to 515,000 new refugees fleeing.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, killing more than 70 people, including many US troops, who are practically in control of Kabul airport to ensure the evacuation of all foreigners and their associates from Afghanistan.

The refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan were flown in to Tirana airport on Friday morning, where they received medical check-ups before being sent onwards to the city of Durres.

Ljubljana – The weekly Demokracija says in its latest editorial that Muslim migrants will arrive in Europe en masse in the coming months given the situation in Afghanistan, same as they did years ago coming from Syria, but the EU should not repeat its mistake by taking them in.

Western nations involved in the Kabul airlift began pulling out of the effort on Thursday, with a number of them citing the acute threat of a "highly lethal" terrorist attack by Islamic State, possibly within hours.

There could be an "imminent, highly lethal" terror attack at Kabul airport within hours, UK has warned after same message came from US officials hours earlier.

UK Armed Forces minister James Heappey said there were "very credible" reports of a "severe" threat in the capital of Afghanistan.

The Taliban have taken away security from former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former Prime Minister Abdullah Abdullah, who is officially the head of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR).