Australia to close Kabul embassy over security fears

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Australia to close Kabul embassy over security fears

AUSTRALIA today abruptly announced it will shutter its embassy in Afghanistan this week, expressing fears over the “increasingly uncertain security environment” in Kabul as foreign troops withdraw.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the facility would close as an “interim measure” on May 28 – in just three days – “in light of the imminent international military withdrawal from Afghanistan.”
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