"EU member states have to build the single market for finance and also they need to reach a political agreement on the banking union, in order to have more funds for new technologies," Le Maire says
President Joe Biden sent thousands of troops to the airport as the Taliban swept through Afghanistan earlier this month to help evacuate American citizens
"We have the capabilities to strike terrorist groups from a distance if we see that terrorist groups again try to establish themselves and plan, organise attacks against NATO allies and their countries"
Germany had the second largest military contingent in Afghanistan after the United States, losing more troops in combat in Kunduz than anywhere else since World War Two
Russian president proposed at June 16 talks with Biden that they coordinate on Afghanistan and put Russia's bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to 'practical use'
Australia announced in April that it would remove its remaining troops by September in line with the US decision to end its military operations in the war-torn country