*U.S.: ABOUT 5,000-9,000 PASSENGERS/DAY CAN LEAVE KABUL AIRPORT
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Human remains found on the landing gear of a US C-17
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WASHINGTON , August 17, 2021 11:29 PM - [REGNUM] Human remains were found in a niche of the landing gear of an American transport plane taking off from Kabul airport, the US Air Force's Special Investigations Directorate reported on August 17.
The remains of a man were found after the plane landed at an airbase in Qatar.
An investigation has begun into possible deaths during the takeoff of a US Air Force C-17 transport aircraft at Kabul airport.
"The Air Force Special Investigations Directorate is studying all available data regarding the C-17 aircraft, which took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 15, and the deaths associated with it ," the Office said in a statement.
Huge international airlift under way at Kabul airport
[AlAhram] In addition to aircraft, the US has sent military reinforcements to protect the exodus, with troop numbers swelling to 4,000 on Tuesday
A huge international airlift of foreigners and Afghans who worked with them continued on Tuesday as thousands of people terrified at the prospect of Taliban
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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance would send additional aircraft to bolster the operation after member states met on Tuesday, adding that evacuations were "gradually resuming" following chaotic scenes on Monday after commercial flights were halted.
Major General Hank Taylor, a top military official, said the US aimed to increase its airlift to one aircraft an hour so that between 5,000 and 9,000 passengers could be carried out per day.
"We are confident we have taken the right steps to resume safe and orderly operations at the airport," he said.
The US plans to evacuate more than 30,000 people by plane from Kabul to its military bases in Kuwait and Qatar
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Washington said Tuesday the Taliban had promised safe passage for civilians wanting to leave via the airport.
"The Taliban have informed us they are prepared to provide the safe passage of civilians to the airport, and we intend to hold them to that commitment," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told White House news hounds.
The US was also "talking" with the Taliban about the timetable for the removal of thousands of American citizens and Afghans fleeing the country on US military aircraft, he said.
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has not spoken with fellow world leaders since Kabul fell.
"He has not yet spoken with any other world leaders," Sullivan said.
"Myself, Secretary (Antony) Blinken, several other senior members of the team have been engaged on a regular basis with foreign counterparts and we intend to do so in the coming days."
Some other countries, including Germany and La Belle France, have also been able to land aircraft to pick up their nationals and Afghans qualified to travel to those countries
A first French plane, with 45 Frenchies and Afghans aboard, arrived at Gay Paree Charles de Gaulle airport on Tuesday.
Sweden announced that all its diplomatic personnel had returned home.
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Germany accused the Taliban of blocking would-be refugees from reaching Kabul airport, amid an operation to evacuate some 10,000 Afghans who have worked with the German military or NGOs. A German military plane that landed in Kabul overnight Monday managed to leave with only seven people on board.
"The Taliban have set up checkpoints everywhere in the city and have the entire area and the airport surroundings in their hands," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told news hounds.
The only people allowed through into the airport are "foreign citizens, but no local workers and no Afghan citizens" are given access, he said.
Thousands of panicked people fled to the airport in a bid to get on departing Western flights, after the Taliban seized control of Kabul.
Austria and Romania have also indicated that their nationals and the Afghans they intend to evacuate are experiencing difficulties in reaching the airport.
Madrid has sent two planes to Dubai from Zaragoza to repatriate its embassy, nationals and Afghans who worked with Spain, the defence ministry said.