From the MT:
“Russia Evacuates More Citizens From Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan”
(The Russian Air Force's Ilyushin
Il-76 aircraft at Kabul airport.)
The Russian military said
Thursday it has resumed evacuating citizens of Russia and regional allies from
Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The Defense Ministry said it has deployed three
military aircraft to send 36 metric tons of humanitarian aid to the local
population, according to a statement carried by the RBC news website. The returning planes will transport 380
Russian, Belarusian, Kyrgyz, Armenian, Ukrainian and Afghan nationals to
Russia. “Military medics were sent with the necessary medical equipment to help
these people,” the Defense Ministry was quoted as saying. Russian Ambassador to
Kabul Dmitry Zhirnov added that 900 Afghan students who have been accepted to
Russian universities also signed up for the evacuation planes. Zhirnov also commended the “responsible and
constructive” Taliban leadership that seized power from the Western-backed
government this summer, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency quoted him as
saying. “We all remember what happened at the Kabul airport when the Americans
were taking out their own, how many people died then because of the confusion,”
the Russian envoy said. “I must say that
the Taliban authorities have interacted with us constructively and responsibly
on this issue,” he added.
The flights are the second widely
publicized evacuation of Russian and ex-Soviet citizens from war-torn
Afghanistan since the militant group's takeover. In August, the Defense Ministry evacuated more
than 500 Russian citizens seeking to flee the Taliban. Earlier that month,
Moscow said it had evacuated “one or two hundred” Russians due to the
coronavirus pandemic. Russia has signaled it is not yet ready to recognize the
Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate government, despite expressing cautious
optimism about the extremist group since its Aug. 15 seizure of power in Kabul.
The Taliban is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.
^ You know the Taliban are bad
and the situation in Afghanistan is much worse than feared when the Russians
step-up their evacuations. It would be great if the US and the rest of the
world would do the same too. ^
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