Sputnik goes live from Seedorf, where German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer are paying tribute to the German soldiers who were part of the evacuation effort in Kabul.
Merkel is expected to speak to soldiers who were deployed in Kabul and Tashkent and present awards to some of the soldiers who were on duty in Afghanistan. About 600 emergency services personnel were involved in Germany’s military evacuation, which flew out 5,347 people from Kabul between 16-26 August.
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