Nations begin to wrap up Afghan evacuations
   Date :28-Aug-2021

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Spain, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Canada have wrapped up their evacuation operations from Afghanistan. United Kingdom, France, US will end their operations soon by August 31.
The Spanish Government says it has ended its evacuation operation from Afghanistan with the arrival in Dubai early on Friday of the two military aircraft that have carried Spaniards and vulnerable Afghans out of the Taliban-controlled country.
Spain has evacuated a total of 1,900 Afghan nationals, the statement said.
Italy’s final evacuation flight lands in Rome: ITALY’S last air bridge flight with 109 Afghan citizens evacuated from Kabul has landed in Rome. An Italian state radio reporter who was aboard said the C-130 had taken off earlier on Friday from Pakistan. The radio said Italy’s consul was staying on at Kabul airport.
By Friday morning, Italy had evacuated more than 4,900 Afghans, nearly all of them since mid-August.
Australia ends Afghanistan evacuation efforts: Australia’s evacuation mission from Afghanistan has ended, authorities said on Friday.
Australian Minister for Defence Peter Dutton confirmed on Friday that Australian troops have left Afghanistan before the deadly bombing attacks at the Kabul airport. The Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces flew more than 4,000 people out of Kabul.
France says still evacuating but will end soon: France’s European Affairs Minister says France will end its evacuation operation in Kabul “soon” but may seek to extend it until after Friday night.
Clement Beaune said on French radio Europe 1 France continues its operation at the moment in order “to evacuate as many people as possible.”
Now in final stages of evacuation: UK: Britain’s Armed Forces have now entered the final stages of evacuation from the Kabul airport, the UK Ministry of Defence announced on Friday, saying the paperwork processing has been closed as the focus is on evacuating British nationals and others whose applications are already processed.
On Thursday evening, the MoD said 13,146 people had been evacuated by the UK from Kabul under Operation Pitting, which began on August 13.
NZ completes Kabul evacuation: The last flight by a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) C-130 Hercules aircraft evacuating people from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a briefing on Friday.
So far, 276 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents, their families, and other visa holders have been evacuated from Kabul.
Canada’s airlift mission from Kabul ends: The Canadian mission in Afghanistan has ended and most military personnel have left the war-torn nation, Acting Chief of Defence Staff Wayne Eyre said.