Up to 10,000 people in need of protection still waiting to leave AfghanistanTen months after the radical Islamic Taliban took power in Afghanistan, up to 10,000 people are still waiting to leave for Germany, according to the sponsorship network for former local forces of the Bundeswehr. In addition to local forces and their families, many of them were subcontractors who had worked in Afghanistan on behalf of the Bundeswehr, Lothar Hankel, former sergeant major and head of the Cologne/Bonn regional group of the sponsorship network, told the "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger." Now the financial resources have been exhausted, partly because the number of donations has dropped sharply. The Taliban launched a military offensive in Afghanistan in early May 2021 after the U.S. announced its withdrawal from the country. The Islamists first conquered hundreds of districts and, from the beginning of August, almost all provincial capitals within a few days.

Source: The Munich Eye June 09, 2022 20:04 UTC