| | As much of the world is stunned by the images of huge crowds swarming the airport in Kabul, desperate to flee Taliban rule over Afghanistan, other nations are slowly responding. So what is Australia doing? And how does it compare? | | | Anti-Taliban crowds in the eastern city of Jalalabad raise the tricolour flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan attracting a deadly response from Taliban militants, as the country's former president heads to the United Arab Emirates. | | | At the request of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, the military deployment will entail 100 soldiers based along the New South Wales border. | | | NSW police say there have been at least 400 examples of people who left their homes while they were supposed to be isolating as authorities fear a funeral attended by more than 100 people in Wilcannia may become a major seeding event. Follow live. | | | When borders reopen and international travel resumes, countries will require proof that you've been vaccinated. Here's how that might work. | | | Former prime minister John Howard says the war in Afghanistan had "not been a failure" because it stopped further 9/11-style attacks on the West being launched. | | | The chaotic and dangerous security situation in Kabul is posing stiff challenges to the federal government's evacuation mission in Afghanistan, with some Australians missing the first emergency flight out of the country because they could not reach the airport. | | | A yet-to-be explained COVID-19 case that plunged parts of the NT into lockdown may trigger national policy changes, Chief Minister Michael Gunner says. | | | The NSW chief health officer says the state needs to get 12- to 15-year-olds vaccinated to curb dangerously high community transmission but the national immunisation body says approval will not come for "months". | | | Today marks an unpleasant milestone for Melburnians — it's the 200th day lived under lockdown restrictions. Here's how our six (and counting) lockdowns have played out. | | | | | | Download the ABC News app | Available on Android and Apple devices | | The ABC NEWS app makes it easier for you to stay up to date with the latest news and information from Australia's most trusted news source. | | | | The ABC sent this message to wwwhindimen.australia@blogger.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC.
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