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

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gestures during an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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.

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)

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