Since the Taliban started their takeover of Kabul around ten days ago, the UK has brought more than 5,700 people from Afghanistan to safety. The rescuees include British citizens and Afghan local staff, the defense ministry said.

From Milan to Rome, various Italian mayors of all political stripes have shown their willingness to welcome refugees fleeing Afghanistan, in particular those who collaborated with Italy.

The Pakistani ambassador to Italy, Jauhar Saleem, said his country does not intend to become a colossal refugee camp for Afghans fleeing the Taliban, given that the country already hosts millions of them. He said at the moment there1

A woman who was the only person pulled from a sinking dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean has told her rescuers that the boat had left Africa a week earlier carrying 53 people.