The Latest: UN chief urges aid to Afghans in 'hour of need'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : China, along with Russia, abstained from a vote at the United Nations calling on the Taliban to allow all those wishing to leave Afghanistan to be allowed to do so.
40% : Turkey currently hosts some 4 million refugees, mainly Syrians, and has been reinforcing security measures along its border with Iran to prevent a new influx from Afghanistan.
38% : UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations chief is urging all countries to help the people of Afghanistan "in their darkest hour of need," saying almost half the population needs humanitarian assistance to survive and the country faces the threat of basic services collapsing completely.
36% : -- Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says his country is not prepared to take in more Afghans and will not back a Europe-wide system for distributing refugees from Afghanistan across the European Union.

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