Spain has started a new evacuation operation to extract more Afghans and their families left behind following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Spain’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that it is working with the foreign ministry on a new evacuation mission.
“An operation is underway to extract people who had worked for Spain in the coming hours or days,” Defense Minister Margarita Robles said. “Spain does not leave anyone behind.”
The minister would not elaborate in order to protect the mission, but Spanish news agency EFE reported that the plan was get out some 200 people via Pakistan.
- Quebec election leaders’ debates approach as campaigns wrap up 3rd week
- Calgary councillor seeks provincial probe into closed-door meetings after document leak
- Mark Carney meets with ‘Forever Canadian’ campaigners in Banff
- Nova Scotia to expand protections for people affected by AI-generated intimate images
-
![]()
Majority of Canadians support Carney’s handling of trade war, polls show -
![]()
‘We need all of our allies on board’: US ambassador on Canada’s role in confronting terrorism -
![]()
‘Cyclists aren’t secondary’: Toronto riders protest Ford’s bike lane removal plan -
![]()
Trump suggests Canada-U.S. trade deal could happen ‘fairly soon’
Get breaking National news
Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Albares visited both Pakistan and Qatar last month to ask for their assistance in extracting more Afghan workers who had not been included in the first airlifts from Kabul.
Spain successfully evacuated some 2,200 people — Spaniards and Afghans — from Afghanistan in the frantic days following the Taliban takeover in August.
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.