Australia urged to do more for Afghan aides as time runs out

Veterans and opposition figures press Canberra over relatively low evacuee numbers

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Evacuees from Afghanistan board a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30 aircraft on Aug. 24. © Australian Department of Defense via Reuters

SANDY MILNE, Contributing writer

SYDNEY -- As a deadly suicide attack at Kabul's airport upends the Afghanistan evacuation drive, Australian veterans hope Canberra will not leave hundreds of former Afghan aides high and dry.

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