Afghans crowd airport gates as evacuation efforts wind down
by Peter Beaumont and agencies from on (#5NVBF)
Flights from Kabul resume with fresh urgency amid fears of further terrorist attacks after Thursday's bombing
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Anxious crowds of Afghans still hoping to join the western evacuation airlift from Kabul have crowded airport gates less than a day after scores were killed in a devastating Islamic State double bombing.
As flights from Afghanistan resumed with fresh urgency on Friday, amid fears that the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) affiliate could attack again, more countries announced they had completed their evacuations with only days to go before the deadline for withdrawal by US-led troops.
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