Egypt sends military plane to evacuate citizens from Afghanistan

EgyptAir plane

Cairo, (Samajweekly) Members of the Egyptian community, Al Azhar mission, and the Egyptian embassy staff in Afghanistan returned home safely on Tuesday, state-run MENA news agency reported.

“Upon directives of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, the Armed Forces dispatched a military plane to Afghanistan to safely evacuate the Egyptians from Kabul,” it said, Xinhua news agency reported citing MENA.

More than 40 Egyptians have returned, it added.

 

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