Members of the Egyptian community, Al Azhar mission, and the Egyptian embassy staff in Afghanistan returned home safely in the early hours of Tuesday, state-run MENA news agency reported.
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"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.
Egypt has successfully evacuated its citizens and the diplomatic mission from Afghanistan via an Egyptian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft which arrived yesterday at #Kabul airport in coordination with the US and the international allies. pic.twitter.com/TpJjb9pmW8
— Mahmoud Gamal (@mahmouedgamal44) August 23, 2021
More than 40 Egyptians have returned, it added.