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A New Zealander who fled a terror attack at Kabul’s airport says she fears persecution by the Taliban, now that the Government has abandoned planned evacuations from Afghanistan.
The woman, who Stuff has agreed not to name for her security, was outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport with her husband and one-year-old daughter on Thursday afternoon (early Friday, New Zealand time), hoping to reach New Zealand soldiers.
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Some South Island leaders are fuming to be fenced in at alert level 4, saying it's the wrong decision by the Government.
The South Island will also move to level 3 on midnight Tuesday, despite zero community cases in the mainland.
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Read more: South Island leaders condemn COVID-19 alert level decision
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President Joe Biden, his voice breaking with emotion, vowed on Thursday the United States would hunt down those responsible for twin explosions at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan and said he asked the Pentagon to develop plans to strike back at them.
Biden spoke hours after the blasts killed at least a dozen American troops and scores of civilians, the worst day of casualties for U.S. forces there in a decade.
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All of New Zealand from the south of Auckland will be moving to alert level three on Tuesday - also known as lockdown but with takeaways. Meanwhile, Auckland and above will remain in level four for at least two weeks.
On Friday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said due to the Delta outbreak in Auckland it's too soon for New Zealand's biggest city to reduce restrictions.
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Read more: What you can and can't do at alert level 3
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Afghan people living in this country are calling for extensive support for people being evacuated out of Kabul once they arrive in New Zealand.
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Read more: NZ Afghans say it's vital evacuees from Kabul get extensive support in Aotearoa
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There have been 70 new cases of Covid-19 in the community reported in New Zealand today, as the government considers whether to the extend the national lockdown.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 19 community cases in hospital, including one in ICU. All were in a stable condition.
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Read more: Covid-19 update: 70 new community cases as lockdown decision looms
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Jacinda Ardern has promised "future evacuation" of New Zealanders and eligible Afghans who have not made it out, though she admits subsequent operations will "look different" due to allies withdrawing.
The Prime Minister made the promise on Friday after the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) was forced to abandon plans for two more evacuation flights, due to terrorist threats made by ISIS-K, an affiliate of Islamic State active in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Allied forces continue to airlift Afghan refugees out of Kabul in the thousands after the Taliban seized power this month. Is New Zealand doing its share to make a new home for these and other refugees? National Correspondent Lucy Craymer reports.
In the last financial year, New Zealand took in just 211 refugees.
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