Germans Leave Kabul

From the DW:

“Afghanistan: Final German evacuation flight leaves Kabul airport”

The last A400M military transport aircraft evacuating German nationals and local personnel took off from the Afghan capital Kabul five days before an August 31 deadline. The German military has completed its airlift operations from the Kabul airport, security sources told news agencies Reuters and DPA on Thursday.   The mission ended five days before an August 31 deadline for evacuations and a US troop withdrawal. Earlier, a spokesperson for the German Defense Ministry told DW that the security situation at the Kabul airport "has deteriorated further and the threat of a terror attack is becoming increasingly concrete."

Through the airlift efforts, Germany's Bundeswehr managed to safely evacuate over 5,100 people, including more than 3,600 Afghans.n It's not clear how many German nationals are still left in the country. The German Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that some 200 German citizens are still believed to be in Kabul.  The number has even been rising "because people continue to report to us," a  spokesperson said.  Lucas Wehner of the Sponsorship Network for Afghan employees told DW: "History will show this evacuation operation definitely started too late and ends too early, and it's a huge shame for our country and the entire Western forces."

When are other NATO nations ending their operations? France has announced that it will end its evacuation operations on Friday afternoon. The UK is planning to end its airlift efforts before US forces depart at the end of the month. The Netherlands said it will carry out its last evacuation flight from Kabul on Thursday.  Denmark said its last flight carrying troops and diplomats had already left Kabul's airport. Poland and Belgium have already ended their evacuations and withdrawn all military personnel from Afghanistan. Hungary said its army had evacuated all Hungarian citizens from Afghanistan.

^ Germany has abandoned German Citizens and the Afghanis who helped them to the abuse and murder by the Taliban and ISIS. It is a sad day for Germans. ^

https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-final-german-evacuation-flight-leaves-kabul-airport/a-58978041