Another aircraft with evacuees from Kabul arrives in Poland

Poland has airlifted 750 people out of Afghanistan so far, a deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday morning, as another evacuation plane from Kabul touched down in Warsaw.

A military plane takes off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

Photo: PAP/EPA/STRINGER

According to Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz, the aircraft brought over 110 evacuees.

Przydacz also said that, due to a difficult situation in Kabul, the evacuation effort would soon be over.

Poland continues its engagement in Kabul evacuation effort.

✈️Today another Polish 🇵🇱 plane arrived in Warsaw from Afghanistan 🇦🇫 carrying those who assisted the Polish mission there. There were dozens of children among 116 evacuees on board.
#SolidarityPL pic.twitter.com/fjrUBGuBcc

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) August 24, 2021

The evacuees who have landed in Poland so far include people who worked for Poland's diplomatic mission and military contingent in Afghanistan, according to officials.

Last week, Poland deployed a contingent of 100 military personnel to Kabul to secure the evacuation effort.

Afghanistan's ambassador to Poland, Tahir Qadiry, whose family has been evacuated from Kabul to Warsaw, has thanked Polish authorities and organisations for help amid the Taliban takeover of his country.

More than 18,000 people have been airlifted out of Afganistan since the Taliban took over the capital Kabul, NATO has announced.

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Source: IAR, PAP