Germany: Govt spox says German shot on way to Kabul airport for evacuation

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SOT, Ulrike Demmer, German government spokesperson (German): “One German civilian suffered a shot wound on their way to the airport in Kabul. He receives medical treatment, but he is not in a life threatening condition and he will be flown out soon.’‘

SOT, Ulrike Demmer, German government spokesperson (German): “One German civilian suffered a shot wound on their way to the airport in Kabul. He receives medical treatment, but he is not in a life threatening condition and he will be flown out soon.’‘

SOT, Ulrike Demmer, German government spokesperson (German): “We continue at full speed to return people from Afghanistan - Germans, international citizens but also as many local forces as possible and Afghans who are especially vulnerable. This morning’s status, the Bundeswehr has deployed eleven carrier flights from Kabul to Tashkent and thereby has flown out more than 1,600 people from Kabul.’‘

SOT, Arne Collatz, German Defence Ministry spokesperson (German): “It is correct and we just informed the parliament, that two helicopters of the model H 145 M have been loaded to deport them to the operational area during the day and to deploy them into action as fast as possible.’‘

SOT, Arne Collatz, German Defence Ministry spokesperson (German): “​As pointed out before, the purpose is to enable the extension of possible actions by the commander of the joint task force on location in Afghanistan and for example the rescue of single Germans in remote situations and / or dangerous situations. This is due to the limited movement within Kabul.’‘

SOT, Arne Collatz, German Defence Ministry spokesperson (German): “It’s one example for the collection of German nationals in dangerous situations. It serves the overall purpose of the evacuation operation and this [purpose] includes much more than just this, for example the collection of local forces or other people at risk.’‘

SOT, Christofer Burger, German Foreign Ministry spokesperson (German): “Yesterday the Foreign Minister has already stressed, that we expect a limited timeframe in which this evacuation is possible and he also stressed, that we already have to think about the possibilities of supporting people afterwards.’‘

SOT, Christofer Burger, German Foreign Ministry spokesperson (German): “Regarding dialogue with the Taliban, I can tell you that the Afghanistan expert of the Foreign Ministry ambassador [Markus] Potzel has had first dialogues with the Taliban in Doha. He made very clear that we expect from the Taliban that they turn rhetoric into action for example in regards of abidance to human rights, of freedom of press, etc. etc.’‘

SOT, Christofer Burger, German Foreign Ministry spokesperson (German): “He also emphasised that the latest reports from Afghanistan especially from civilians have us doubtful. Ambassador Potzel explicitly demanded of the Taliban to allow safe passage to the airport to the people that want to fly to Germany. There are first positive signals but we were not able to verify how reliable those signals are.’‘

SOT, Christofer Burger, German Foreign Ministry spokesperson (German): “In general, Germany acknowledges states and not regimes. According to international law, the Islamic Republic [of Afghanistan] is still internationally recognized as a state. For the question of how we possibly talk to a new government, it is still too early. The evaluation relies on a peaceful and inclusive transition, the legitimacy of the new government, if it abides to human rights, among others. Of course we will discuss this closely and we already are discussing it with our international partners and especially the EU.’‘

SOT, Sebastian Guelde, German Health Ministry spokesperson (German): “In general, the possibility already exists, the vaccination is approved and the possibility of a third vaccination will be made available. But I cannot tell you yet, that such a recommendation by the STIKO will take place.’‘

SOT, Ulrike Demmer, German government spokesperson (German): “​As you know and as it has been decided at the latest conference of the German states and the federal government, the federal government as well as the state governments support an extension of the epidemic situation of national importance. The reason for this is that we still have a continuing occurrence of infections.’‘

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