Posted on 08/17/2021 12:20:59 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
After evacuating just seven people from Kabul on its first military aircraft out of Afghanistan yesterday, Germany says a flight took off today with 125 people on board.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a tweet that people were being transported to safety.
They include citizens of Germany and 14 other countries.
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said she hoped the country would continue to have access to Kabul airport for several days to create an "air bridge" for evacuations.
She said the aim was to transport people from Afghanistan to Tashkent in neighbouring Uzbekistan and to get as many people as possible to safety.
"We have a very chaotic, dangerous and complex situation at the airport," she told broadcaster ARD, adding: "We had very little time, so we only took on board people who were on site... not many were able to be at the airport."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Any Americans?
One hundred twenty five.... that’s a start.
Those two taliban aren’t wearing masks! Don’t they know how unsafe that is?
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