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Refugees[edit]
Main article: 2021 Taliban offensive § Civilian exodus

See also: Afghan refugees Civilians preparing to be airlifted from Kabul Airport, 18 August 2021

After the fall of Kabul and the Islamic Republic, it was to be expected that a surge in refugees trying to escape from the Taliban would take place. Therefore, in the days following the toppling of the Afghan regime, numerous governments announced their plans regarding the amount of refugees they were going to take in.

Several commentators anticipated a surge in refugees fleeing the Taliban after the fall of Kabul and the Islamic Republic, with numerous governments announcing plans in the days following the fall to take in a number of refugees. After the capture of Kabul, more than 300,000 Afghan civilians who worked for the US were at risk of Taliban retaliation.

A number of countries refused to grant asylum to Afghans who had been working as embassy guards as many of those guards had been technically employed as contractors. On 19 August, 125 guards of the Embassy of the United Kingdom, Kabul were told by telephone they no longer had jobs and were ineligible for UK protection because they were employed through a contractor, GardaWorld, unlike guards at the US embassy who were evacuated. Finnish minister of foreign affairs Pekka Haavisto stated that the Finnish embassy guards were "sub-contractors" and could not be included on evacuation lists. The Australian government had initially announced the same for their embassy guards, but backtracked a day later and granted them visas.