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Arif Oryakhail , Afghani-born Italian responsible for Health of the Kabul's Italian Agency for Cooperation and Developmnent (AICS) office, left, embraces head office Giovanni Grandi after they disembarked from the Afghani capital with a group including Italian diplomats and civilians and Afghan collaborators at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Oryakhail said the Taliban were going door to door looking for Afghans who had worked with Western governments. "We left our colleagues there to die," he said. "The big fear is for our colleagues who worked with us. The Taliban are going house to house" looking for them.(AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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An evacuated Italian woman carries her luggage as she returns to Italy after Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul, in Rome, Italy, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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Evacuated Italian people return to Italy after Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul, in Rome, Italy, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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A group including Italian diplomats, civilians and Afghan collaborators leave Rome's Fiumicino international airport, after disembarking from an Italian Air force plane that evacuated them from Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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A group including Italian diplomats, civilians and Afghan collaborators leave Rome's Fiumicino international airport, after disembarking from an Italian Air force plane that evacuated them from Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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People embrace as evacuated Italian people return to Italy after Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul, in Rome, Italy, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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Arif Oryakhail , Afghani-born Italian responsible for Health of the Kabul's Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (AICS) office talks to reporters after disembarking from the Afghani capital with a group including Italian diplomats and civilians and Afghan collaborators at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. He said the Taliban were going door to door looking for Afghans who had worked with Western governments. "We left our colleagues there to die," he said. "The big fear is for our colleagues who worked with us. The Taliban are going house to house" looking for them. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Giovanni Grandi, head of the Kabul's Italian Agency for Cooperation and Developmnent (AICS) office talks to reporters after disembarking from the Afghani capital with a group including Italian diplomats and civilians and Afghan collaborators at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)A group including Italian diplomats, civilians and Afghan collaborators leave Rome's Fiumicino international airport, after disembarking from an Italian Air force plane that evacuated them from Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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A group including Italian diplomats, civilians and Afghan collaborators leave Rome's Fiumicino international airport, after disembarking from an Italian Air force plane that evacuated them from Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Evacuated Italian people return to Italy after Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul, in Rome, Italy, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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Giovanni Grandi, logistic advisor of the Kabul's Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (AICS) office talks to reporters after disembarking from the Afghani capital with a group including Italian diplomats and civilians and Afghan collaborators at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Vittorio Sandalli, Italian Ambassador to Afghanistan, receives a hug outside Fiumicino airport as he returns to Italy after Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul, in Rome, Italy, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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Pietro Del Sette, rural development expert of the Kabul's Italian Agency for Cooperation and Developmnent (AICS) office talks to reporters after disembarking from the Afghani capital with a group including Italian diplomats and civilians and Afghan collaborators at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Carabinieri paramilitary police officers escort people outside Fiumicino airport as their return to Italy after Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul, in Rome, Italy, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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Italian ambassador to Afghanistan Vittorio Sandalli, left, is seen after disembarking from Kabul with a group including Italian diplomats and civilians and Afghan collaborators at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Italian diplomats, Afghans arrive in Rome from Kabul

Italian diplomats, Afghans arrive in Rome from Kabul

About 70 Italian diplomats and Afghans reached Rome on Monday after being evacuated from Kabul following the fall of the capital to the Taliban.