FILE PHOTO: German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will not let down its Afghan staff as the international military mission in the country winds down after nearly two decades of war, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer pledged on Sunday.
"I feel it is Germany's sincere duty to not leave these people without protection now that we will permanently withdraw," the defence ministry in Berlin said on Twitter, quoting extracts from an interview with German news agency DPA.
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