Lahore, 29th August: More than 20,000 Afghan nationals and foreigners have landed at Islamabad International Airport after their evacuation from Afghanistan started amid the Taliban take over.
According to details, over 20,000 Afghans and other foreigners in as many as 332 flights from military and private airlines landed at Islamabad Intern National Airport in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Kabul.
The evacuation process from Afghanistan started on August 16 via a special flight operation to evacuate stranded people at the Kabul International Airport.
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According to reports, later on, the military planes and foreign airlines had also left with the passengers to other countries.
The sources in aviation have informed, “We have made special arrangements at the Karachi, Peshawar and Lahore airports but now the operations have been suspended.”
It may be noted that earlier, Pakistan has accepted the requests made by the United States (US) and NATO for providing assistance in evacuations from Afghanistan.
The US embassy has requested Pakistan to grant permission for transiting their passengers through military aircraft. The passengers will be transited under three categories, which include, US diplomats, citizens, Afghan nationals and people from other countries.
It may be noted that Sheikh Rasheed said on Friday that a 21-day transit visa will be granted to diplomats and others being evacuated from Afghanistan in order to facilitate the withdrawal process.
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