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• A NATO official said that more than 18,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul airport over the past five days. But daily mayhem at the airport continued Thursday as thousands of people attempting to board flights faced beatings by Taliban guards, the crush of heaving crowds and endless dust and heat.
• The Taliban is stepping up its hunt for Afghans who once worked for U.S. or NATO forces, warned a confidential threat assessment drafted for the United Nations. The report comes as German broadcaster Deutsche Welle says a relative of one of its journalists was shot dead.
• Afghanistan’s economy faces calamity in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover, with the United States freezing the country’s financial reserves, residents unable to withdraw their money from bank accounts and billions of dollars of international aid put on hold.