16 August 2021
US and allies conduct Kabul evacuation operation
by Tim Ripley & Nicholas Fiorenza
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, got underway on 15 August as Taliban fighters took control of the city.
US military authorities took control of air traffic control at Hamid Karzai International Airport the same day as unrest broke out around the civilian passenger terminal to ensure the flow of international military flights could continue, according to media reports from Kabul.
Open-source flight tracking data from the region showed Canada, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States had all dispatched military aircraft to Kabul up to the early hours of 16 August.
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