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UK’s Raab says coordination needed to prevent Afghanistan being used as a base for terrorist groups – Metro US

UK’s Raab says coordination needed to prevent Afghanistan being used as a base for terrorist groups

G7 summit in Cornwall
G7 summit in Cornwall

(Reuters) – British foreign minister Dominic Raab said he and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the need for international coordination to prevent Afghanistan being used as a base for terrorist groups.

“Discussed the need for international coordination to prevent Afghanistan being used as a base for terrorist groups,” Raab said on Twitter, adding that a wider approach was needed to ease the plight of the Afghan people. https://bit.ly/3szSL4Z

Raab also said that U.S. and UK “priority is ensuring the safety of our nationals & those who supported our work over the last 20 years.”

(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)