Pictorial: Afghan evacuees touch down in UAE on their way to UK

Dozens of Afghan evacuees waited nervously to board a Britain-bound Royal Air Force plane during a stopover in Al-Maktoum airport, Dubia on Thursday after fleeing the Taliban takeover.

At the airport, a steady stream of aircraft ferrying passengers from Kabul and onwards to Britain shuttled back and forth as the United Kingdom stepped up its evacuation efforts.

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