89 flights out of Kabul in past 24 hours as UN warns half a million more may flee Afghanistan in coming months 

Most of the more than 20 allied countries involved in airlifting Afghans and their own citizens out of Kabul said they had completed evacuations by Friday
89 flights out of Kabul in past 24 hours as UN warns half a million more may flee Afghanistan in coming months 

Most of the more than 20 allied countries involved in airlifting Afghans and their own citizens out of Kabul said they had completed evacuations by Friday.

Some 89 flights have left Kabul in the past 24 hours helping 12,500 people flee the Taliban's rule.

US and allied forces continued to help evacuate Afghans at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport on Friday, a day after a deadly Islamic State attack killed 90 people including 13 US service members at one of the airports entry gates.

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