The United Arab Emirates Helps 28,000 People Flee Afghanistan: Official.
Afghanistan: The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have been key support points for Western citizens and Afghan interpreters to evacuate flights.
A senior UAE official said on Thursday that since the Taliban took over Kabul, the UAE has helped to evacuate 28,000 people from Afghanistan.
The UAE and Qatar have been important support stations for evacuating citizens of Western countries, Afghan interpreters, journalists and others.
Western nations including Britain, France and the US are scrambling to triumph ultimately the remainder of their residents and secured Afghans out while Poland and the Netherlands are wrapping up their activities.
Of the feature 28,000 to have gone through the Emirates, exactly 12,000 were emptied by Britain, and 9,000 by the US.
Preceding the fall of Kabul, the UAE had emptied 8,500 others albeit the authority, who declined to be named, didn’t determine when these departures began.
The official told reporters in Abu Dhabi that his country currently accommodates 8,500 evacuees and that most of them are expected to travel to the United States in the next few days. Others have been hospitalized and are receiving medical care.
The official said that Abu Dhabi did not coordinate any evacuation with the Taliban, but the convoy heading to the airport was assured by the United States, although the security situation on the ground was worrying.
The official said that Abu Dhabi expects the operation to be completed by the end of this month, which coincides with the August 31 deadline set by US President Joe Biden.
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