Germany To Extend Military Mission In Afghanistan
The mission was set to expire by the end of March, but is now expected to continue until the end of January 2022.
The mission was set to expire by the end of March, but is now expected to continue until the end of January 2022.
The blasts in Kabul killed at least five people and wounded two others.
Alliance defence ministers have been meeting to discuss the future military presence in Afghanistan.
A decision could be taken on Thursday by NATO defence ministers on the US-Taliban peace deal.
Defence ministers from the alliance will this week discuss plans to pull out of the country completely by May.
Brigadier Olly Brown is leading the Kabul Security Force - a multinational effort comprised of troops from the UK, US, Denmark and Mongolia.
Major Sam Nicholls contracted coronavirus last year and was unable to go to Afghanistan with 2 SCOTS.
The bayonet is described as 'the last seven inches of failed foreign policy'.
The withdrawal in Afghanistan brings the number of US troops in the country to its lowest levels since 2001.
The UK ended combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014 but still has 850 troops with a NATO military training mission in the country.
High-risk local staff who face imminent threat will be relocated urgently regardless of their employment status.
The Alliance has flown in essential medicines to the Afghan National Army and police.
The soldiers are now back in North Yorkshire after a deployment to Kabul amid the coronavirus pandemic.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: "We will have to take some hard decisions when NATO defence ministers meet next February."
The attacks come as the Afghan government and the Taliban hold face-to-face peace talks in Qatar.
Eight people are understood to have died during attacks in Kabul.