Countries in evacuation rush
The United States and its allies are hurrying to evacuate as many people from Afghanistan as possible before an Aug 31 deadline. About 111,000 people have been evacuated since Aug 14, the day before the Taleban entered Kabul.
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UNITED STATES
The US will continue evacuating people until Tuesday if needed, but will prioritise the removal of US troops and military equipment on the last couple of days. Washington has evacuated 5,100 US citizens since Aug 14, but about 1,500 US citizens are still in Afghanistan.
CANADA
Canada ended evacuation efforts on Thursday. It had evacuated or facilitated the evacuation of about 3,700 Canadian and Afghan citizens.
BRITAIN
British forces ended their evacuation of civilians yesterday. Britain has evacuated almost 15,000 British nationals and Afghans, representing the second biggest airlift by its air force after the Berlin Airlift in 1949.
GERMANY
Germany ended evacuation flights on Thursday, after airlifting 5,347 people, including more than 4,100 Afghans. About 300 German citizens remain in Afghanistan.
FRANCE
France said that as at Thursday evening, more than 100 French nationals and over 2,500 Afghans have been evacuated from Kabul.
SINGAPORE
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has deployed an A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport to help with evacuations between Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar - a stopover point for Afghanistan evacuees - and Germany.
REUTERS, HARIZ BAHARUDIN
