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Taliban largely close off Kabul airport as evacuation efforts wind down

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban deployed extra forces around Kabul's airport Saturday to prevent large crowds from gathering after a devastating suicide attack two days earlier, as the massive U.S.-led airlift wound down ahead of an Aug.

31 deadline.New layers of checkpoints sprang up on roads leading to the airport, some manned by uniformed Taliban fighters with Humvees and night-vision goggles captured from Afghan security forces.

Areas where large crowds of people have gathered over the past two weeks in hopes of fleeing the country following the Taliban takeover were largely empty.A suicide attack on Thursday by an Islamic State affiliate killed 169 Afghans and 13 U.S.

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