Attention turns to arriving refugees after Germany ends Afghanistan airlift
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from on (#5NT4D)
More than 5,000 Afghans will be dispersed around country but issue is politically fraught after influx of 2015
Debate in Germany turned towards the politically fraught issue of what approach to take with refugees as the last German military aircraft carrying civilians from Afghanistan landed in Tashkent on Thursday.
Germany's evacuation operation came to an earlier than expected end after military chiefs and the government said the deteriorating security situation at Kabul airport had made it almost impossible to fly out more planes.
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